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TABLE 58

CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1976 AND 1977

TABLE 59

CAUSES OF UNILATERAL BLINDNESS 1976 AND 1977

1976

1977

Age

Cause

15 & Over

Under 15

Total (2)

15 & Over

CAUSES

1976

(%)

1977

(%)

Under 15

Total (X)

Retinal Detachment

Phthisis Bulbi (unidentified cause)

Glaucoma

198

198 ( 28.8)

107

107 (18.7)

Injuries

NA

72

( 36.0) 22

( 35,5)

29

(14.5)

9

(14.5)

37

(18.5)

7

(11.3)

Leucons (trachoma)

65

65 ( 9.5)

87

87 ( 15.2)

Cataract

16

( 8.0)

7

(11.3)

Cataract

112

1

113 (16.4)

83

3

86

( 15.0)

Leucoma

11

(5.5)

5

(8.1)

High refractive error

96

96 ( 14.0)

75

27 (13.5)

Glaucoma

9 (4.5)

(6.5)

(myopia)

Diabetic Retinopathy

3

(1.5)

2

(3.2)

Optic atrophy

31

2

33 ( 4.8)

36

36 ( 6.3)

Retinal Vascular Accidants

1

( 0.5)

2

( 3.2)

Retinitis pigmentosa

43

43 (6.3)

35

35 (6.1)

Optic Atrophy

5

(2.5)

1

( 1-6)

Diabetic Retinopathy

N

22

22

(3.2)

29

29 ( 5.1)

Neoplaam

3

(1.5)

(1.6)

Phthisis bulbi

32

32 (4.7)

26

26 ( 4.5)

(unidentified cause)

Retinal detachment

11

Senile macular

35

WE

11 (1.6)

25

25 ( 4.4)

Sentle Macular Degeneration

Dysplasia

1

1

(1.6)

1

(0.5)

1

( 1.6)

35 (5.1)

20

23 ( 4.0)

High Refractive Error

7 (3.5)

degeneration

Uveitis

€

(3.0)

Uveitis

13

4

17 (2.5)

14

14 ( 2.4)

Dysplasia

5

5

10 (1.4)

12

ོ

17 ( 3.0)

TOTAL

200

(100.0)

62 (100.0)

Retinal vascular

8 ( 1.2)

5

5 (0.9)

accidents

Injuriea

4

4 ( 0.7)

Buphthalmos

Keratitis

Total

3

3 (0.4)

1

1 (0.2)

1

1 (0.1)

671

16

687 (100.0) 561

11

572 (100.0)