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Table 2 Distribution of childhood eye disease by gender (n = 735)

From: Pattern of childhood ocular morbidity in rural eye hospital, Central Ethiopia

Type of ocular morbidity

  
 

Male

Female

Total no %

Conjunctivitis

131

127

258

35.1

Keratitis

30

47

77

10.5

Active trachoma

24

23

47

6.4

Stye/Chalazion/Blephritis

18

28

46

6.3

TT

4

5

9

1.2

Cornea opacity

9

4

13

1.8

RE

39

45

84

11.4

Ocular trauma

64

23

87

11.8

Cataract

14

6

20

2.7

Amblyopia

9

14

23

3.1

Strabismus

5

8

13

1.8

Tumor

3

6

9

1.2

Uveitis

2

6

8

1.1

NLDO

5

10

15

2

VAD

2

3

5

0.7

Glaucoma

3

0

3

0.4

Others

4

14

18

2.5

  1. TT- trachomatous trichiasis, VAD-vitamin A deficiency, NLDO-nasolacrimal duct obstruction, CO- corneal opacity, RE-refractive error.