Table 1 Study population by gender, age, and education in rural and urban sites in those with reliable VA measurements in one or both eyes.

From: Vision Status in Older Adults: The Brazilian Amazon Region Eye Survey

 

Gender

Age (years)

Education

All

Male

Female

45–54

55–64

65–74

75+

None

<Primary

Primary

Secondary

≥High School

Urban

Enumerated

661 (46.9)

749 (53.1)

538 (38.2)

454 (32.2)

229 (16.2)

189 (13.4)

93 (6.6)

354 (25.1)

375 (26.6)

252 (17.9)

336 (23.8)

1410 (100.0)

Examined*

532 (45.5)

637 (54.5)

442 (37.8)

382 (32.7)

194 (16.6)

151 (12.9)

76 (6.5)

287 (24.5)

314 (26.9)

210 (18.0)

282 (24.1)

1169 (100.0)

% Examined

80.5%

85.0%

82.2%

84.1%

84.7%

79.9%

81.7%

81.1%

83.7%

83.3%

83.9%

83.5%

Rural

Enumerated

537 (55.1)

437 (44.9)

400 (41.1)

294 (30.2)

169 (17.3)

111 (11.4)

209 (21.5)

277 (28.4)

287 (29.5)

93 (9.5)

108 (11.1)

974 (100.0)

Examined*

460 (53.7)

396 (46.3)

345 (40.3)

263 (30.7)

154 (18.0)

94 (11.0)

155 (18.1)

254 (29.7)

261 (30.5)

83 (9.7)

103 (12.0)

856 (100.0)

% Examined

85.7%

90.6%

86.3%

89.5%

91.1%

84.7%

74.2%

91.7%

90.9%

89.2%

95.4%

87.9%

Total

Enumerated

1198 (50.2)

1186 (49.8)

938 (39.3)

748 (31.4)

398 (16.7)

300 (12.6)

302 (12.7)

631 (26.5)

662 (27.7)

345 (14.5)

444 (18.6)

2384 (100.0)

Examined*

992 (49.0)

1033 (51.0)

787 (38.9)

645 (31.8)

348 (17.2)

245 (12.1)

231 (11.4)

541 (26.7)

575 (28.4)

293 (14.5)

385 (19.0)

2025 (100.0)

% Examined

82.8%

87.1%

83.9%

86.2%

87.4%

81.7%

76.5%

85.7%

86.8%

84.9%

86.7%

84.9%

  1. Data are given as number (percentage) of participants*. In 16 examined participants reliable visual acuity measurements could not be obtained in either eye: 11 urban (6 females and 5 males) and 5 rural (3 females and 2 males).