Open AccessVisual impairment among 10–14-year school children in Puducherry: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
R Vishnuprasad,
Joy Bazroy,
K Madhanraj,
Hannah Ranjee Prashanth,
Zile Singh,
Abel K Samuel,
T Muthukumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214983
Subject(s) - medicine , visual impairment , cross sectional study , confidence interval , childhood blindness , population , visually impaired , demography , optometry , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , pregnancy , pathology , sociology , biology , retinopathy of prematurity , genetics , gestational age
According to the 2010 estimates by the World Health Organization, nearly 285 million (4.24% of total population) people of all ages worldwide are visually impaired. Almost 18.9 million children under 15 years of age are visually impaired globally. In developing countries, 7%-31% of childhood blindness and visual impairment is avoidable.