study of the prevalence rate of obvious eye diseases in Baghdad city-Iraq

A cross-sectional study of the prevalence rate of some eye diseases [abnormal appearance] among people living in Baghdad city was conducted. The overall prevalence rate of eye diseases in the study population [a total of 21462 subjects],including the wearing of glasses, was 32.7% of the total population 20.4% wore spectacles 64.5% of the total population had eyes with a dark-colored iris, but only 2.9% had color blindness