Myopia: a growing global problem with sight-threatening complications

Community Eye Health Journal

Serge Resnikoff¹  David A Wilson¹  Timothy R Fricke¹  Monica Jong¹  Padmaja Sankaridurg¹  Earl L Smith III¹  Brien A Holden¹ 

[1] Brien Holden Vision Institute;

关键词: Global data;    Refractive errors and low vision;    Epidemiology;    Myopia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Globally, myopia is the leading cause of distance refractive error, affecting 1.45 billion or 27% of the world’s population in 2010 (myopia being defined as more than or equal to 0.50 D of myopia). The number of people with myopia is expected to continue to rise both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population. In certain age groups in several Asian countries, the prevalence of myopia is over 80%. Among late teenagers and young adults in Korea, Taiwan and China the prevalence is now between 84% and 97%.

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