BLINDNESS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
|
Blind Persons per 10,000 living. |
| Portugal |
21.90 |
| Finland |
21.15 |
| Sierra Leone |
16.04 |
| Spain |
14.79 |
| Norway |
13.57 |
| Hungary |
13.24 |
| Ireland (1891) |
11.35 |
| Tasmania (1891) |
11.25 |
| Grenada, West Indies (1891) |
10.90 |
| Western Australia (1891) |
10.85 |
| Cape of Good Hope (1891) |
10.67 |
| United States (1880) |
9.73 |
| Austria |
9.07 |
| Greece |
8.96 |
| England (1881) |
8.79 |
| Victoria (1891) |
8.72 |
| South Australia (1891) |
8.71 |
| Scotland (1881) |
8.46 |
| France |
8.37 |
| Prussia |
8.31 |
| Belgium |
8.11 |
| Sweden |
8.06 |
| Germany (exclusive of Prussia) |
7.93 |
| Denmark |
7.86 |
| Italy |
7.63 |
| Switzerland |
7.61 |
| Australia (1891) |
7.38 |
| Australasia (1891) |
7.04 |
| New South Wales (1891) |
6.59 |
| Canada |
6.19 |
| Queensland (1891) |
5.05 |
| Holland |
4.45 |
| New Zealand (1891) |
4.37 |
| Ceylon (1891) |
3.37 |