!(* CATARACT TABLE 6-6. CATARACT PREVALENCE BY MAJOR CASTE GROUP IN NEPAL (NBS 1981) Estimated Population with Cataract Estimated Prevalence per 100 Percent of All Cataract in Nepal Sample N Caste Brahmin Kshatri Vaish Sudra Other Subtotal Missing data 6,731 6,831 19,502 5,354 917 39,335 552 47,762 58,448 201,059 72,867 13,463 393,599 3,606 2.0 2.4 2.9 3.8 4.1 2.8 NA 12.1% 14.9 51.1 18.5 3.4 100.0 NA 100.0 Total 39,887 397,205 2.8 Source: FR6.004 AN.2 TABLE 6-7. CATARACT PREVALENCE BY MOTHER TONGUE IN NEPAL (NBS 1981) Estimated Population with Cataract Percent of All Cataract in Nepal Mother Tongue Sample N Prevalence per 100 Nepali Maithili Bhojpuri Tamang Abadhi Tharu Magar Rai Gurung Limbu Othera Subtotal Missing data 18,815 4,380 3,075 1,949 542 1,670 1,104 1,082 387 830 5,801 39,635 252 140,433 79,903 58,506 12,909 8,700 20,081 6,911 3,406 3,385 4,894 58,075 397,205 NA 2.1 5.1 5.2 1.8 4.4 3.9 1.8 0.9 2.5 1.7 2.7 2.8 NA 35.4% 20.1 14.7 3.3 2.2 5.1 1.7 0.9 0.8 1.2 14.6 100.0 NA Total 39,887 397,205 2.8 100.0 Source: FR6.004 AN.4 8Other includes Newari, Sherpa, and Satar. eaters. Female vegetarians have a cataract prevalence 2.7 times higher than do male nonvegetarians. The association between cataract
