Dr Noor Hisham: Prevalence of blindness is 1.2% of country's population

PUTRAJAYA: The prevalence of blindness in Malaysia is 1.2% of the population and among the main causes are cataract (58.6%), diabetic retinopathy (10.4%) and glaucoma (6.6%), says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

He said this data was based on the 2014 National Eye Survey, and the main cause of limited vision was untreated cataracts and myopia.