Frequency of amblyopia according to its types in 5-15 years age group attending eye OPD at al-nafees hospital, Islamabad. It was hospital based, descriptive, cross sectional study. Oral consent was taken from every patient to take part in this study. A total 407 participants, 198 (48.6%) male and 209 (51.4%) female were included in this study. Participants in 5-8 years age group were 140 (34.4%), 9-11 years were 138 (33.9%) while 12-15 years were 129 (31.7%). 17 (4.2%) participants were diagnosed with amblyopia, 5 (29.41%) having anisometropic amblyopia, 3 (17.65%) having strabismic amblyopia, 4 (23.53%) having meridonal amblyopia, 3 (17.65%) having ammetropic amblyopia and 2 (11.76%) patients had stimulus deprivation amblyopia. High frequency of amblyopia was present in 5–15 years old participants. As vision is basic human right to give this right to everyone we therefore need to pay more attention towards children who are amblyopic or were becoming amblyopic even they were not known about that condition.
Keywords:Amblyopia, Age, Lazy eye.