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URB-00000	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	ophthalmology_dept	60	female	cataract	blind	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00001	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	optometry_clinic	31	female	childhood_blindness	severe_VI	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00002	urban_eye_clinic	2,013	eye_hospital	28	male	glaucoma	moderate_VI	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00003	urban_eye_clinic	2,012	eye_hospital	46	female	glaucoma	severe_VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00004	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	ophthalmology_dept	38	male	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00005	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	eye_hospital	37	male	diabetic_retinopathy	moderate_VI	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00006	urban_eye_clinic	2,016	eye_hospital	18	female	corneal_opacity	severe_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00007	urban_eye_clinic	2,017	eye_hospital	53	female	cataract	blind	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00008	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	optometry_clinic	32	female	refractive_error	moderate_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00009	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	private_eye_clinic	25	female	cataract	moderate_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00010	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	eye_hospital	50	female	diabetic_retinopathy	mild_VI	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00011	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	41	male	corneal_opacity	mild_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00012	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	ophthalmology_dept	49	female	refractive_error	mild_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
URB-00013	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	eye_hospital	27	female	other	moderate_VI	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00014	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	optometry_clinic	18	male	cataract	blind	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
URB-00015	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	optometry_clinic	27	female	refractive_error	severe_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00016	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	ophthalmology_dept	27	female	childhood_blindness	moderate_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00017	urban_eye_clinic	2,012	private_eye_clinic	25	male	corneal_opacity	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00018	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	private_eye_clinic	30	male	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00019	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	63	female	other	severe_VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00020	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	eye_hospital	37	female	refractive_error	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00021	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	optometry_clinic	61	female	glaucoma	mild_VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00022	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	eye_hospital	13	male	other	severe_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00023	urban_eye_clinic	2,013	optometry_clinic	57	female	refractive_error	severe_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00024	urban_eye_clinic	2,017	optometry_clinic	61	male	childhood_blindness	severe_VI	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00025	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	ophthalmology_dept	45	female	glaucoma	blind	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00026	urban_eye_clinic	2,017	ophthalmology_dept	53	female	diabetic_retinopathy	mild_VI	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00027	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	eye_hospital	30	male	diabetic_retinopathy	mild_VI	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00028	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	private_eye_clinic	48	female	trachoma	mild_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00029	urban_eye_clinic	2,014	optometry_clinic	79	female	cataract	severe_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00030	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	optometry_clinic	66	female	corneal_opacity	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00031	urban_eye_clinic	2,017	ophthalmology_dept	13	female	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00032	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	optometry_clinic	66	male	glaucoma	moderate_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00033	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	private_eye_clinic	58	female	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00034	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	eye_hospital	0	female	other	severe_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00035	urban_eye_clinic	2,012	eye_hospital	62	female	refractive_error	severe_VI	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00036	urban_eye_clinic	2,010	eye_hospital	57	female	refractive_error	moderate_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00037	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	ophthalmology_dept	59	male	trachoma	moderate_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00038	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	eye_hospital	43	female	glaucoma	mild_VI	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00039	urban_eye_clinic	2,014	optometry_clinic	48	female	glaucoma	moderate_VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00040	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	ophthalmology_dept	28	female	other	blind	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00041	urban_eye_clinic	2,017	private_eye_clinic	55	female	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00042	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	optometry_clinic	28	female	trachoma	mild_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00043	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	optometry_clinic	24	female	cataract	blind	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
URB-00044	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	optometry_clinic	48	female	refractive_error	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00045	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	ophthalmology_dept	38	female	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00046	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	eye_hospital	90	female	diabetic_retinopathy	severe_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
URB-00047	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	eye_hospital	35	female	refractive_error	moderate_VI	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00048	urban_eye_clinic	2,012	ophthalmology_dept	65	female	cataract	moderate_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00049	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	private_eye_clinic	43	male	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00050	urban_eye_clinic	2,012	private_eye_clinic	48	male	cataract	mild_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00051	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	eye_hospital	37	female	cataract	blind	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00052	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	eye_hospital	9	male	cataract	severe_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
URB-00053	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	eye_hospital	49	female	refractive_error	severe_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
URB-00054	urban_eye_clinic	2,014	optometry_clinic	23	male	glaucoma	severe_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00055	urban_eye_clinic	2,016	eye_hospital	51	male	glaucoma	mild_VI	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00056	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	ophthalmology_dept	42	female	diabetic_retinopathy	severe_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00057	urban_eye_clinic	2,010	private_eye_clinic	45	female	childhood_blindness	moderate_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00058	urban_eye_clinic	2,013	ophthalmology_dept	50	male	cataract	severe_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
URB-00059	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	ophthalmology_dept	5	male	cataract	severe_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00060	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	optometry_clinic	33	male	cataract	mild_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00061	urban_eye_clinic	2,013	private_eye_clinic	86	female	cataract	mild_VI	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00062	urban_eye_clinic	2,014	eye_hospital	38	female	childhood_blindness	severe_VI	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00063	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	56	male	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00064	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	private_eye_clinic	0	female	cataract	blind	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
URB-00065	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	30	female	cataract	mild_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00066	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	ophthalmology_dept	54	male	cataract	severe_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00067	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	ophthalmology_dept	52	female	refractive_error	blind	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
URB-00068	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	private_eye_clinic	24	female	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00069	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	optometry_clinic	45	female	cataract	blind	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00070	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	eye_hospital	34	female	trachoma	blind	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
URB-00071	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	ophthalmology_dept	74	female	childhood_blindness	mild_VI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00072	urban_eye_clinic	2,016	private_eye_clinic	26	male	refractive_error	severe_VI	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00073	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	ophthalmology_dept	60	female	other	blind	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00074	urban_eye_clinic	2,016	optometry_clinic	17	female	refractive_error	moderate_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
URB-00075	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	eye_hospital	30	female	cataract	severe_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00076	urban_eye_clinic	2,021	ophthalmology_dept	45	female	refractive_error	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00077	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	ophthalmology_dept	47	female	other	blind	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00078	urban_eye_clinic	2,010	optometry_clinic	6	male	refractive_error	severe_VI	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
URB-00079	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	eye_hospital	42	female	refractive_error	blind	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0
URB-00080	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	ophthalmology_dept	30	male	refractive_error	mild_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00081	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	eye_hospital	71	female	trachoma	moderate_VI	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00082	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	ophthalmology_dept	0	male	refractive_error	moderate_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00083	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	private_eye_clinic	8	male	cataract	moderate_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00084	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	eye_hospital	64	male	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00085	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	ophthalmology_dept	52	female	cataract	mild_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00086	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	ophthalmology_dept	44	male	refractive_error	mild_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00087	urban_eye_clinic	2,019	private_eye_clinic	3	female	refractive_error	moderate_VI	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
URB-00088	urban_eye_clinic	2,010	ophthalmology_dept	15	female	cataract	severe_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00089	urban_eye_clinic	2,023	optometry_clinic	29	male	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00090	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	eye_hospital	59	female	cataract	moderate_VI	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
URB-00091	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	private_eye_clinic	64	female	other	severe_VI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
URB-00092	urban_eye_clinic	2,018	ophthalmology_dept	41	male	refractive_error	mild_VI	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
URB-00093	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	41	female	other	mild_VI	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00094	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	optometry_clinic	13	female	cataract	mild_VI	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
URB-00095	urban_eye_clinic	2,015	optometry_clinic	26	male	cataract	severe_VI	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
URB-00096	urban_eye_clinic	2,011	optometry_clinic	73	female	cataract	blind	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
URB-00097	urban_eye_clinic	2,020	private_eye_clinic	27	male	trachoma	moderate_VI	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00098	urban_eye_clinic	2,024	eye_hospital	79	male	refractive_error	blind	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
URB-00099	urban_eye_clinic	2,022	optometry_clinic	59	male	trachoma	mild_VI	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

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⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Visual Impairment & Low Vision Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Synthetic dataset modelling visual impairment causes, eye care access, cataract surgery rates, spectacle coverage, and outcomes across three service tiers in SSA. 26M visually impaired in Africa; 80% avoidable; SSA has lowest ophthalmologist density (2.7 per million).

Parameterization Evidence

Parameter	Value	Source	Year
26M visually impaired in Africa; 4.8M blind	Burden	WHO	2023
80% avoidable; cataract leading cause	Causes	Lancet Global Health	2021
2.7 ophthalmologists per million in SSA	Workforce	IAPB Vision Atlas	2023
Rehabilitation access 3-62% in LMICs	Access	PMC6210163	2018

Validation

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/visual-impairment-low-vision", "urban_eye_clinic")

References

WHO. World report on vision. 2023.
Lancet Global Health. Causes of blindness in SSA. 2021.
IAPB Vision Atlas. Eye health workforce. 2023.

Citation

@dataset{electricsheepafrica_visual_impairment_low_vision_2025,
  title={Visual Impairment and Low Vision Services in Sub-Saharan Africa},
  author={Electric Sheep Africa},
  year={2025},
  publisher={HuggingFace},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/visual-impairment-low-vision}
}

License

CC-BY-4.0

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