Table 2 Distribution of the top ten pediatric eye disease by age group
Diagnoses | 0–3 Yrs N = 10,779(24.2%) | 4–6 Yrs N = 12,523(28.1%) | 7–12 Yrs N = 13,493(30.3%) | 13–17 Yrs N = 7757(17.4%) | Total N = 44,552 (100%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Refractive error | 1187(11.0) | 5722(45.7) | 7062(52.3) | 4379(56.5) | 18,350(41.2) | 0.000 |
Strabismus | 1435(13.3) | 5254(42.0) | 6561(48.6) | 2846(36.7) | 16,096(36.1) | 0.000 |
Cataract | 2509(23.3) | 1249(10.0) | 1335(9.9) | 951(12.3) | 6044(13.6) | 0.000 |
Trauma | 1093(10.1%) | 1549(12.4%) | 1776(13.2%) | 852(11.0%) | 5270(11.8%) | 0.000 |
Congenital ptosis | 1089(10.1) | 1651(13.2) | 776(5.8) | 388(5.0) | 3904(8.8) | 0.000 |
Tumors | 2117(19.6) | 638(5.1) | 537(4.0) | 331(4.3) | 3623(8.1) | 0.000 |
Amblyopia | 133(1.2) | 1210(9.7) | 1180(8.7) | 651(8.4) | 3174(7.1) | 0.000 |
Glaucoma | 1265(11.7) | 483(3.9) | 736(5.5) | 634(8.2) | 3118(7.0) | 0.000 |
Entropion and trichiasis of eyelid | 784(7.3) | 1290(10.3) | 800(5.9) | 223(2.9) | 3097(7.0) | 0.000 |
Retinal detachment | 324(3.0) | 365(2.9) | 911(6.8) | 1300(16.8) | 2900(6.5) | 0.000 |