Table 4. Blindness (%) and percentage of blindness due to various ophthalmic diseases.

Data from RACSS and RAAB studies, VA<20/400,

available correction, not adjusted for sex and age, except for Venezuela (VA< 20/200), and Mexico (adjusted for sex).
Country
Argentina190
Argentina138
Brazil9
Chile17
Colombia219
Cuba263
Dominican
RepublicC
EcuadorD
Guatemala20
Mexico156,157
Paraguay65
Peru212
Venezuela266

LOC
U
U&R
U
U&R
U&R
U
U&R
U&R
U&R
U&R
U&R
R
U&R

Year
2006
2010
2009
2007
2009
2006

N
4302
2227
2224
2715
4082
2760

BL
1.1
1.8
2.0
1.6
1.8
2.3

CAT
54
51
41
57
68
51

GLA

11.4
4.3
2.8
26.2

AMD

4.3

DR

15.9
8.5
1.4
9.2

PP

20.5
17.0
14.1
6.1

RE

2.3
2.1
1.4
0

CO

2.3
4.3
8.5
4.6

SC

6.8

1.4
2.7

2009
2010
2007
2005
2003
2005
2005

3873
4012
4806
3780
2136
4782
3317

2.1
1.7
4.1
1.5
3.6
4.0
4.2

64
74
68
67
59
54
66

15.0
7.1

15.0

3.8
4.3

2.9

5.0
7.1

2.9

20.0

30.0

2.1

5.0

1.4

2.1

2.6
2.9

3.0

2.1

LOC: location (U = urban, R = rural); Year: year of publication; BL: blindness; CAT: cataract; GLA: glaucoma; AMD: age-related macular
degeneration; DR: diabetic retinopathy; PP: other posterior pole diseases; RE: refractive errors; CO: corneal opacities; SC: surgical
complications