Estimated prevalence of myopia by age in boys and girls combined (1) stratified by country for East Asians, and (2) stratified by continent for South Asians
| Prevalence (%) of myopia by age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 years | 10 years | 15 years | 18 years | Year | |
| East Asians by country | |||||
| Australia | 1.9 (0.8, 4.2)* | 13.6 (6.2, 26.5) | 40.6 (22.3, 60.9)* | – | 2005† |
| China | 3.9 (2.9, 5.9) | 24.9 (19.8, 34.3) | 59.0 (51.7, 69.3) | 71.9 (65.4, 80.0)* | 2005† |
| Hong Kong | 9.2 (5.4, 15.7) | 45.3 (31.8, 60.7) | 78.2 (66.8, 87.1) | 86.4 (78.2, 92.2)* | 2005† |
| Japan | 1.7 (0.7, 3.8) | 12.2 (5.8, 24.3) | 37.6 (21.1, 58.2) | 51.7 (32.1, 71.2)* | 1990‡ |
| Malaysia | 4.6 (1.4, 14.5)* | 28.4 (10.4, 58.1) | 63.2 (33.5, 85.7) | 75.3 (47.2, 91.4) | 1990‡ |
| Mongolia | 0.3 (0.1, 0.9) *§ | 2.7 (0.8, 7.2)§ | 10.8 (3.5, 25.0)§ | 17.7 (5.9, 37.2)*§ | 2003‡ |
| Singapore | 14.9 (9.9, 22.4) | 59.0 (47.2, 70.2) | 86.2 (79.4, 91.1) | 91.7 (87.2, 94.8)* | 2005† |
| Taiwan | 10.1 (5.9, 19.8)¶ | 48.0 (34.0, 67.4) ¶ | 80.0 (69.0, 90.0)¶ | 87.6 (79.9, 94.0)¶ | 2005† |
| USA | 4.9 (1.9, 12.0) | – | – | – | 2005† |
| South Asians by continent | |||||
| Living in South Asia | 3.6 (2.2, 5.7) | 6.4 (4.0, 9.7) | 9.1 (5.7, 13.7) | 10.3 (5.8, 17.0)* | 2005† |
| Not living in South Asia | 20.4 (10.6, 36.0)* | 31.6 (17.8, 50.1) | 40.5 (24.1, 59.5) | 43.8 (25.2, 63.9)* | 2005† |
Numbers express medians and 95% credible intervals in parenthesis.
Estimates correspond to urban populations standardised where possible to 2005. For Japan and Malaysia, estimates are indicative of 1990 and for Mongolia estimates are for a rural population in 2003.
Cells without estimates of prevalence indicate insufficient data to obtain estimates.
*Estimate obtained by extrapolation.
†Survey year as fitted in the model.
‡Mean survey year weighted by study population size.
§Estimates correspond to rural populations.
¶Estimates correspond to mixed populations in terms of urban/rural environmental setting.