Uruguay Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness 2011

General Info

Provider

International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)

Microdata access: Register

Geography

Uruguay (URY)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

January, 2011 - December, 2011

Series or system

Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB)

Data type

Survey: Cross-sectional - Exam - Individual - Nationally representative

Summary

RAAB is a population-based eye health survey. It assesses the prevalence and causes of vision impairment and blindness among people aged 50 years and older, as well as reporting priority eye care service indicators. The sample size of the Uruguay 2011 survey is 3,956 with a response rate of 94.3%.

Keywords

Cataracts, General surgery, Glaucoma, Health care access, Macular degeneration, Onchocerciasis, Prevalence, Refraction and accommodation disorders, Trachoma, Tuberculosis, Vision loss, Visual acuity

Citation

Contributors

International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH)

Publisher

RAAB Repository

Publication year

2024

Suggested citation

International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH). Uruguay Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness 2011. Grootebroek, Netherlands: RAAB Repository, 2024.