Eye Diseases among Women Engaged in Local Extraction of Palm Kernel Oil in the Kumasi Metropolis

Table 6

Distribution of eye diseases by years of experience in business.

Eye disease	Years of experience in business
	1–5 ()	6–10 ()	11–15 ()	15 ()	Total ()
Conjunctivitis	4 (10.8%)	4 (11.4%)	0 (0%)	2 (4.2%)	10 (6.7%)
Pterygium	5 (13.5%)	10 (28.6%)	14 (45.2%)	22 (46.8%)	51 (34.0%)
Pingueculum	3 (8.1%)	8 (22.8%)	5 (16.1%)	14 (29.8%)	30 (20.0%)
Cataract	0 (0%)	2 (5.7%)	8 (25.8%)	20 (42.5%)	30 (20.0%)
AMD*	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (6.4%)	2 (4.2%)	4 (2.7%)

Age related macular degeneration.