Data On Blindness In India
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
CENSUS: 2002
|
MALE |
FEMALE |
RURAL |
URBAN |
|
57,32,338 |
49,02,543 |
78,73,383 |
27,61,498 |
NSSO 2002
TOTAL ESTIMATED POPULATION
28,26,700
|
MALE |
FEMALE |
RURAL |
URBAN |
|
9,28,700 |
10,84,700 |
16,03,000 |
4,10,400 |
|
MALE |
FEMALE |
RURAL |
URBAN |
|
3,69,300 |
4,44,000 |
6,54,500 |
1,58,800 |
PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF VISUALLY DISABLED PERSONS PER 1,00,000 PERSONS OBTAINED FROM NSSO 36TH,47TH AND 58TH ROUND (All India)
| Sector | 36thround (July-December, 1981) | 47thround (July-December, 1991) | 58thround (July-December, 2001) | ||||||
|
Male |
Female |
Persons |
Male |
Female |
Persons |
Male |
Female |
Persons |
|
|
PREVALENCE RATE |
|||||||||
|
Rural |
444 |
670 |
553 |
471 |
548 |
525 |
276 |
326 |
296 |
|
Urban |
294 |
425 |
356 |
263 |
346 |
302 |
163 |
228 |
194 |
|
INCIDENCE RATE |
|
||||||||
|
Rural |
32 |
45 |
38 |
22 |
28 |
25 |
10 |
16 |
13 |
|
Urban |
23 |
38 |
30 |
15 |
25 |
20 |
07 |
10 |
09 |
CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (BLIND)
|
Sl. No |
Cause |
Rural |
Urban |
||
|
|
|
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
|
|
Sore Eyes |
14,427 |
0.9 |
3694 |
0.9 |
|
|
Severe Diahorrea |
11,221 |
0.7 |
3283 |
0.8 |
|
|
Cataract |
3,39,836 |
21.2 |
80438 |
19.6 |
|
|
Glaucoma |
83,356 |
5.2 |
32832 |
8.0 |
|
|
Corneal Opacity |
33,663 |
2.1 |
16416 |
4.0 |
|
|
Other Eye Disease |
2,72,510 |
17.0 |
67305 |
16.4 |
|
|
Small Pox |
75,341 |
4.7 |
14774 |
3.6 |
|
|
Burns |
6,412 |
0.4 |
821 |
0.2 |
|
|
Injury |
60,914 |
3.8 |
19289 |
4.7 |
|
|
Medical & Surgical Intervention |
35,266 |
2.2 |
20109 |
4.9 |
|
|
Old age |
4,00,750 |
25.0 |
82080 |
20.0 |
|
|
Others |
1,12,210 |
7.0 |
30369 |
7.4 |
|
|
Not Known |
1,44,270 |
9.0 |
36525 |
8.9 |
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485-DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA, 2002 (JULY- DEC)
CAUSES OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (LOW VISION)
|
Sl. No |
Cause |
Rural |
Urban |
||
|
|
|
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
|
1 |
Sore Eyes |
1964 |
0.3 |
635 |
0.4 |
|
2 |
Severe diahorrea |
3272 |
0.5 |
1112 |
0.7 |
|
3 |
Cataract |
183260 |
28.0 |
56850 |
35.8 |
|
4 |
Glaucoma |
20944 |
3.2 |
6352 |
4.0 |
|
5 |
Corneal Opacity |
31416 |
4.8 |
2223 |
1.4 |
|
6 |
Other Eye Disease |
71341 |
10.9 |
25884 |
16.3 |
|
7 |
Small Pox |
6545 |
1.0 |
1429 |
0.9 |
|
8 |
Burns |
1963 |
0.3 |
476 |
0.3 |
|
9 |
Injury |
28798 |
4.4 |
9210 |
5.8 |
|
10 |
Medical & Surgical Intervention |
11127 |
1.7 |
4446 |
2.8 |
|
11 |
Old age |
169516 |
25.9 |
31442 |
19.8 |
|
12 |
Others |
22253 |
3.4 |
8258 |
5.2 |
|
13 |
Not Known |
71995 |
11.0 |
9369 |
5.9 |
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485-DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA,2002 (JULY- DEC)
STATE WISE DISTRIBUTION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
|
STATE |
BLIND |
LOW VISION |
||
|
In No |
% |
In No |
% |
|
|
J & K |
67,126 |
3.3 |
30697 |
3.8 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
1,06,544 |
5.3 |
42,329 |
5.2 |
|
Punjab |
65,956 |
3.3 |
18,741 |
2.3 |
|
Chandigarh |
15,611 |
0.8 |
5,816 |
0.7 |
|
Uttranchal |
73,761 |
3.7 |
25,204 |
3.1 |
|
Haryana |
51,516 |
2.6 |
10,340 |
1.3 |
|
Delhi |
11,708 |
0.6 |
3,877 |
0.5 |
|
Rajasthan |
63,224 |
3.1 |
11,956 |
1.5 |
|
U.P |
93,665 |
4.7 |
20,680 |
2.5 |
|
Bihar |
55,028 |
2.7 |
16,479 |
2.0 |
|
Sikkim |
23,416 |
1.2 |
16,156 |
2.0 |
|
ArunachalPradesh |
46,832 |
2.3 |
39,744 |
4.9 |
|
Nagaland |
33,173 |
1.6 |
33,928 |
4.2 |
|
Manipur |
21,855 |
1.1 |
16,802 |
2.1 |
|
Mizoram |
12,489 |
0.6 |
11,632 |
1.4 |
|
Tripura |
28,880 |
1.4 |
3,231 |
0.4 |
|
Meghalaya |
52,,296 |
2.6 |
45,560 |
5.6 |
|
Assam |
43,710 |
2.2 |
15,187 |
1.9 |
|
West Bengal |
71,810 |
3.6 |
29,727 |
3.7 |
|
Jharkhand |
45,271 |
2.2 |
7,432 |
0.9 |
|
STATE |
BLIND |
LOW VISION |
||
|
|
In No |
% |
In No |
% |
|
Orissa |
11,4349 |
5.7 |
7,8842 |
9.7 |
|
Chattisgarh |
66,346 |
3.3 |
28,758 |
3.5 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
78,834 |
3.9 |
17,126 |
2.1 |
|
Gujrat |
54,638 |
2.7 |
11,956 |
1.5 |
|
Daman & Diu |
11,708 |
0.6 |
22,619 |
2.8 |
|
D & N Haveli |
42,539 |
2.1 |
3,554 |
0.4 |
|
Maharastra |
87,420 |
4.3 |
22,942 |
2.8 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
83,908 |
4.2 |
36,190 |
4.4 |
|
Karnataka |
81,176 |
4.0 |
33,605 |
4.1 |
|
Goa |
14,440 |
0.7 |
32,635 |
4.0 |
|
Lakshwadeep |
87,811 |
4.4 |
26,173 |
3.2 |
|
Kerala |
68,687 |
3.4 |
10,340 |
1.3 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
72,590 |
3.6 |
32,959 |
4.1 |
|
Pondicherry |
1,32,301 |
6.6 |
20,034 |
2.5 |
|
Andaman & Nichobar |
32,783 |
1.6 |
30,050 |
3.7 |
|
|
20,13,400.00 |
|
8,13,300.00 |
|
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485- DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA,2002 (JULY- DEC)
Age Wise Distribution of Visually Impaired Persons
|
Age Group |
RURAL |
URBAN |
||||||
|
BLIND |
LOW VISION |
BLIND |
LOW VISION |
|||||
|
In No |
% |
In No |
% |
In No |
% |
In No |
% |
|
|
0-4 |
15,960 |
1.0 |
2,404 |
0.4 |
5,735 |
1.0 |
914 |
0.6 |
|
5-9 |
23,940 |
2.0 |
5,771 |
0.9 |
13,954 |
2.0 |
2,924 |
2.0 |
|
10-9 |
25,935 |
2.0 |
10,580 |
2.0 |
15,674 |
2.0 |
1,827 |
1.1 |
|
15-19 |
27,930 |
2.0 |
10,099 |
1.0 |
8,411 |
2.0 |
2,376 |
2.0 |
|
20-24 |
32,419 |
2.0 |
11,061 |
2.0 |
10,704 |
2.0 |
3,289 |
2.0 |
|
25-29 |
33,915 |
2.0 |
8,175 |
1.0 |
8,219 |
2.0 |
3,655 |
2.0 |
|
30-34 |
38,404 |
2.0 |
7,694 |
1.0 |
5,735 |
2.0 |
3,472 |
2.0 |
|
35-39 |
37,407 |
2.0 |
15,389 |
2.4 |
10,131 |
2.0 |
3,655 |
2.0 |
|
40-44 |
63,841 |
4.0 |
20,678 |
3.1 |
15,101 |
4.0 |
5,482 |
4.0 |
|
45-49 |
91,272 |
6.0 |
31,258 |
5.0 |
20,071 |
6.0 |
7, 127 |
5.0 |
|
50-54 |
132,669 |
8.0 |
59,631 |
9.0 |
34,789 |
8.0 |
17,908 |
11.3 |
|
55-59 |
214,964 |
13.0 |
112,530 |
17.2 |
54,096 |
13.0 |
22,294 |
14.0 |
|
60&above |
864,343 |
54.0 |
359,230 |
55.0 |
207,780 |
54.0 |
83,877 |
52 |
|
|
16,03,000 |
|
6,54,500 |
|
4,10,400 |
|
1,58,800 |
28,26,700 |
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485-DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA, 2002 (JULY- DEC)
EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
|
|
Not Literate |
Primary |
Middle |
Sec & Above |
||||
|
|
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
|
RURAL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blind |
13,81,786 |
86.2 |
1,81,139 |
11.3 |
59,311 |
3.7 |
36,869 |
2.3 |
|
Low Vision |
5,06,583 |
77.4 |
1,02,756 |
15.7 |
25,525 |
3.9 |
17,671 |
2.7 |
|
|
18,88,369 |
|
2,83,895 |
|
84,836 |
|
54,540 |
|
|
URBAN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blind |
2,24,078 |
54.6 |
1,05,472 |
25.7 |
31,190 |
7.6 |
48,837 |
11.9 |
|
Low Vision |
91,468 |
57.6 |
37,318 |
23.5 |
11,592 |
|
18,103 |
11.4 |
|
|
3,15,546 |
|
1,42,790 |
|
42,782 |
7.3 |
66,940 |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||||
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485-DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA, 2002 (JULY- DEC)
EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
|
|
Employed |
Unemployed |
Out of Labour force |
|||
|
Male |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
|
Blind |
1,38,376 |
14.9 |
3,715 |
0.4 |
7,86,609 |
84.7 |
|
Low vision |
12,238 |
33.1 |
2,216 |
0.6 |
2,44,846 |
66.3 |
|
Female |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
In No. |
% |
|
Blind |
44,473 |
4.1 |
1,085 |
0.1 |
10,36,973 |
95.6 |
|
Low Vision |
30,636 |
6.9 |
- |
- |
4,13,364 |
93.1 |
SOURCE: NSSO REPORT NO 485-DISABLE PERSONS IN INDIA, 2002 (JULY- DEC)
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