Posted by garnet71 on March 24, 2009, at 8:58:56
I think I spelled that wrong. Do you know what's up with the myopia rates in the U.S.? I had read that in Taiwain, something like 84% of young adults now have myopia, and rates of high myopia >6 has doubled since the 80s. Singapore and Japan show similar trends, if I remember correctly, Japan's rates were the highest.
So for the U.S., I could not find any trend data. I'm familiar with the Dept. of HHS stats, not competent, but familiar, and every paper I came across cites practically the same myopia population rates from a study from the 80s. Is there any tracking/trend data for U.S. myopia rates that is current, that you know of?
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