Table 2 Shows the distribution of age and refractive error in patients visiting BoruMeda Hospital's secondary eye unit in Dessie Town, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia (N = 229)
Age category | Type of refractive error | Total | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
myopia | hyperopia | Astigmatism | |||
1–10 | 0 | 0 | O | 0 | 0 |
11–20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19% |
21–30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 26.2% |
31–40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14.3% |
41–50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9.5% |
51–60 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 26.2% |
> 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4.8% |
Total | 22 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 100% |