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Table 3 Summary of color vision test from plate 1–17 in the three primary schools of Gish Abay town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Prevalence of color blindness among school children in three primary schools of Gish –Abay town district, Amhara regional state, north-west Ethiopia

Charts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Nos

12

8

29

5

3

15

74

6

45

5

7

16

73

×

×

Read correctly

850

840

811

833

728

822

689

825

803

830

834

823

566

802

801

Misread

1

29

5

105

8

131

9

32

6

4

14

269

1

3

RGB no.

12

3

70

2

5

17

21

×

×

×

×

×

×

5

45

RGB Read

9

8

10

13

17

28

16

15

14

12

13

15

47

46

C.weaknes

2

2

4

3

2

Chart nos

Nos

Read correctly

Misread

Strong deutans

Strong protans

16

26

832

5

9

4

17

42

836

1

9

4

  1. Legend: Nos (Numbers written in the color chart); X (Can’t read any number); Read Correctly (Number of children who read correctly); Misread (who missed the normal number); RGB no (Red Green Blind Number) → numbers that must be read by Red Green Blind Subjects; RGB read (number of children who read RGB numbers); and C. weakness (Color weakness)
  2. As indicated in Table 3, for plate number 3 as an example, there were 811 students with normal color vision to read plate number 3 as 29 and there were 29 students who misread this plate. There were 8 red green deficient students who read plate number 3 as 70 instead of 29 and there were 2 individuals who were unable to read any number in this plate (color weakness). For chart numbers 16 and 17, there were 9 students who read plate 16 as 2 instead of 26, and plate 17 as 4 instead of 42. These students are strong deuteranopes. There were 4 students who read plate 16 as 6 instead of 26 and plate 17 as 2 instead of 42. These individuals are strong protanopes. There were 832 students who read correctly plate 16 as 26 and there were 5 students who misread this plate. There were 836 students who read plate 17 correctly as 42 and there was 1 student who misread it