Research Article
Prevalence, Causes, and Factors Associated with Visual Impairment and Blindness among Registered Pensioners in Ghana
Table 4
Causes of presenting moderate and severe visual impairment (MSVI) and presenting blindness among pensioners in Ghana.
| | Rank | Visual impairment among pensioners | Presenting blindness | | Causes | N (%) | Causes | N (%) |
| | 1 | Cataract | 579 (55.7) | Cataract | 116 (62.4) | | 2 | Refractive errors | 238 (22.9) | Glaucoma | 24 (12.9) | | 3 | Glaucoma | 89 (8.6) | Retinal disease | 9 (4.8) | | 4 | Retinal disease | 43 (4.1) | Age-related macular degeneration | 6 (3.2) | | 5 | Age-related macular degeneration | 32 (3.1) | Cornea opacities | 5 (2.7) | | 6 | Cornea opacities | 16 (1.5) | Phthisis bulbi | 5 (2.7) | | 7 | Optic nerve related | 11 (1.1) | Optic nerve related | 4 (2.2) | | 8 | Others | 31 (3.0) | Others | 17 (9.1) |
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