Research Article
Visual Impairment among Primary School Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 1
Proportion and degree of visual impairment in terms of sociodemographic variables among visually impaired children in Gondar town.
| Characteristics | Uniocular visual impairment (n = 47, 3.65%) | Bilateral moderate and severe VI (<6/18–3/60) (n = 23) | Blind (<3/60) |
| Sex | Male | 17 (36.2%) | 9 (39.1%) | 3 (13.1%) | Female | 30 (63.8%) | 11 (47.8%) | 0% |
| Age group | 5–10 years | 12 (25.5%) | 5 (13.1%) | 2 (8.7%) | 10–15 years | 35 (74.5%) | 15 (73.9%) | 1 (4.3%) |
| Laterality | Right | 24 (1.9%) | 20 (1.6%) | 3 (0.2%) | Left | 23 (1.8%) | | |
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