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Table 6 The prevalence of corneal and infectious corneal diseases leading to corneal blindness

From: Prevalence of infectious keratitis in Central China

 

Blindness in one eye no.

Blindness in two eyes no.

Blindness in at least one eye no.

 

(prevalence (%), 95% CI)

(prevalence (%), 95% CI)

(prevalence (%), 95% CI)

Corneal diseases

26

2

28

(0.099, 0.061-0.137)

(0.008, -0.003-0.019)

(0.106, 0.073-0.145)

Infectious corneal diseases

23

1

24

(0.087, 0.051-0.123)

(0.004, -0.004-0.012)

(0.091, 0.067-0.127)

  1. The prevalence of blindness in at least one eye resulting from infected corneas was 0.091% (95% CI: 0.067-0.127%).