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Original Research

Prevalence and causes of blindness, visual impairment, and cataract surgery in Timor-Leste

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Pages 2125-2131 | Published online: 29 Nov 2017

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Table 1 Comparison on sample vs census population data

Table 2 Description of enrolled and examined participants

Table 3 Age- and gender-adjusted prevalence of blindness and visual impairment

Table 4 Age-specific prevalence of blindness (%): PVA <3/60 according to gender

Table 5 Causes of blindness

Table 6 Causes of severe visual impairment

Table 7 Age- and gender-adjusted cataract surgical coverage (%)

Table 8 Visual outcome among the cataract-operated eyes

Table 9 Visual outcome in operated eyes by years after surgery

Table 10 Postoperative presenting visual acuity and causes of borderline and poor outcome after cataract surgery

Table 11 Barriers to cataract surgery (bilateral BCVA <6/60 due to cataract)