6.Cataract, the leading cause of visual disability, accounts for 62.6 percent of blindness in the country.
7. Other causes areglaucoma, macular degeneration, posterior segment pathology, retinal detachment, corneal opacities, retinitis pigmentosa,and surgical complications.
8. A largely undocumented cause for blindness in India isdiabetic retinopathy, especially in the working middleclass. The extent of the problem, which can be preventedwith goodglycemiccontrol, is yet to be estimated.