Table 3 Prevalence of eye diseases among 432 adult (> 18 years) slum dwellers of Dhaka, Bangladesh*
From: Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Inflammatory | Non-inflammatory | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name of eye disease | Prevalence n (%) | Name of eye disease | Prevalence n (%) | Name of eye disease | Prevalence n (%) |
Conjunctivitis | 74 (17.1) | Refractive error | 273 (63.2) | Posterior capsule opacification | 2 (0.2) |
− Allergic | − 65 (15.0) |  |  |  |  |
− Bacterial & Chronic | − 9 (2.1) |  |  |  |  |
Dacryocystitis | 14 (3.2) | Visual impairment | Â | Congenital iris coloboma | 2 (0.5) |
|  |  | − Either eye | − 71 (16.4) |  |  |
|  |  | − Right eye | − 56 (13.0) |  |  |
|  |  | − Left eye | − 53 (12.3) |  |  |
| Â | Â | Cataract | 31 (7.2) | Glaucoma | 2 (0.5) |
Blepharitis | 6 (1.4) | Dry eye syndrome | 14 (3.2) | Bilateral/Alternate divergent strabismus | 2 (0.5) |
Others (Scleritis, uveitis, keratitis) | 3 (0.7) | Pterygium | 13 (3.0) | Muscae volitantes | 1 (0.2) |
| Â | Â | Corneal ulcer/scar | 6 (1.4) | Congenital microcornea | 1 (0.2) |
| Â | Â | Pseudophakia | 4 (1.0) | Others (foreign body, trauma, phthisis bulbi) | 27 (6.3) |