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TABLE 58

CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1976 AND 1977

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1977

TABLE 59

CAUSES OF UNILATERAL BLINDNESS 1976 AND 1977

Age

Cause

15 & Over

Under 15

Total (*)

15 & Over

CAUSES

1976

(*) 1977

(%)

Under 15

Total (*)

Retinal Detachment

Phthisis Bulbi (unidentified cause)

29

72 (36.0) 22

(14.5)

(35.5),

9

(14.5)

Glaucoma

198

198 ( 28.8)

107

107

(18.7)

Injuries

37 (18.5)

7

(11.3)

Laucoma (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

J

96 (14,0)

75

***

( 13.5)

Glaucoma

9

( 4.5)

(6.5)

(myopia)

Optic atrophy

31

2 33 (4.8)

Retinitis pigmentosa

43

Diabetic Retinopathy

22

Phthisis bulbi

32

1

I

43 ( 6.3)

W XXX

Diabetic Retinopathy

3

(1.5)

2

(3.2)

36

36 ( 6.3)

Retinal Vascular Accidents

1

( 0.5)

2

(3.2)]

35

35 (6.1)

Optic Atrophy

5

( 2.5)

1

( 1.6)

22 ( 3.2)

29

29 ( 5.1)

Neoplasm

3

(1.5)

1

(1.6)

32 (4.7)

26

26 ( 4.5)

(unidentified cause)

Retinal detachment

11

11 ( 1,6)

25

25 ( 4.4)

Senile Macular Degeneration

Dysplasia

}

1

(1.6)

1

( 0.5)

1

(1.6)

Senile macular

35

35 ( 5.1)

23

23 (4.0)

High Refractive Error

7

(3.5)

degeneration

Uveitis

6

(3.0)

Uveitis

13

F

17 ( 2.5)

14

14 ( 2.4)

Dysplasia

5

10 (1.4)

12

S

17 (3.0)

TOTAL

200 (100.0) 62 (100.0)

Retinal vascular

8

8 ( 1.2)

5

5 (0.9)

accidenta

Injuries

Buphthalmos

Keratitis

Total

1

3

AN

3 (0.4)

+

T

1

1 (0.1)

671

16

687 (100.0)

561

11

4 (0.7)

1 ( 0.2)

P

572 (100.0)