Research Article
Prevalence, Causes, and Factors Associated with Visual Impairment and Blindness among Registered Pensioners in Ghana
Table 3
Age and sex specific prevalence of blindness and visual impairment among pensioners in Ghana.
| | Sex stratified by age | Mild or no visual impairment | Moderate to severe visual impairment | Blindness | | n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI | n (%) | 95% CI |
| | Males stratified by age in years | | <65 | 758 (81.5) | 79.0–84.0 | 146 (15.7) | 13.4–18.0 | 26 (2.8) | 1.7–3.9 | | 65–69 | 807 (78.6) | 76.0–81.1 | 191 (18.6) | 16.2–21.0 | 29 (2.8) | 1.8–3.8 | | 70–74 | 407 (66.3) | 62.5–70.0 | 174 (28.3) | 24.8–31.9 | 33 (5.4) | 3.6–7.2 | | 75–79 | 156 (54.7) | 48.9–60.5 | 99 (34.7) | 29.2–40.3 | 30 (10.5) | 7.0–14.1 | | ≥80 | 59 (50.0) | 40.9–59.1 | 46 (40.0) | 30.1–47.8 | 13 (11.0) | 5.3–16.7 | | Females stratified by age in years | | <65 | 565 (84.5) | 81.7–87.2 | 97 (14.5) | 11.8–17.2 | 7 (1.1) | 0.3–1.8 | | 65–69 | 345 (77.4) | 73.4–81.2 | 91 (20.4) | 16.7–24.2 | 10 (2.2) | 0.9–3.6 | | 70–74 | 100 (65.4) | 57.8–72.9 | 44 (28.8) | 21.6–36.0 | 9 (5.9) | 2.1–9.6 | | 75–79 | 26 (55.3) | 40.9–69.7 | 19 (40.4) | 26.2–54.6 | 2 (4.3) | 1.6–10.1 | | ≥80 | 4 (30.7) | 4.6–56.9 | 6 (46.2) | 17.9–74.4 | 3 (23.1) | 0.7–46.9 |
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