Table 2 Prevalence of visual impairment among children by age group and Gender.
From: Childhood visual impairment in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia prevalence causes and risk factors
Visual impairment | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Mild VIn (%) | Moderate VIn (%) | Severe VIn (%) | Blindnessn (%) | Best corrected VI n (%) | |
Age (years) | P = 0.099 | |||||
6-10 | 92 (17.6) | 27 (5.2) | 9 (1.7) | 8 (1.5) | 38 (7.3) | 523 |
11-17 | 40 (12.2) | 27 (8.3) | 9 (2.8) | 5 (1.5) | 22 (6.7) | 327 |
Gender | P = 0.013 | |||||
Male | 74 (13.0) | 33 (5.8) | 11 (1.9) | 7 (1.2) | 44 (7.7) | 571 |
Female | 58 (20.8) | 21 (7.5) | 7 (2.5) | 6 (2.2) | 16 (5.7) | 279 |
Total | 132 (15.5) | 54 (6.4) | 18 (2.1) | 13 (1.5) | 60 (7.1) | 850 |
95% CI | 15.5,13.0-18.4 | 6.4, 4.8-8.3 | 2.1, 1.3-3.3 | 1.5, 0.8- 2.6 | 7.1, 5.4- 9.1 | |
