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Prevalence of Myopia in the United States

Robert D. Sperduto, MD; Daniel Seigel, ScD; Jean Roberts, MS; Michael Rowland

Arch Ophthalmol. 1983;101(3):405-407.


Abstract

• Data from the 1971 to 1972 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to estimate myopia prevalence rates for persons in the United States between the ages of 12 and 54 years. When persons were classified by the refractive status of their right eye, 25% were myopic. Significantly lower prevalence rates were found for male subjects than for female subjects and for blacks than for whites. Myopia prevalence rose with family income and educational level. The importance of income and educational level may result from their association with near work, a factor that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of myopia.



Author Affiliations

From the Office of Biometry and Epidemiology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md (Drs Sperduto and Seigel), and the Medical Statistics Branch, Division of Health Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Md (Ms Roberts and Mr Rowland).


Footnotes

Accepted for publication March 23, 1982.

Reprint requests to Office of Biometry and Epidemiology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20205 (Dr Sperduto).



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