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Appendix C : Global magnitude of myopia and presbyopia

Graph showing the number of people with myopia by region. They are 1,084 million in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania; 513 million in South Asia; 426 million in high-income countries; 204 million in Latin America and Caribbean; 159 million in North Africa and Middle East; 128 million in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; 105 million on Sub-Saharan Africa. The total is 2,620 million people.

For references please see footnote 156

Graph showing the number of people with presbyopia by region. They are 560 million in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania; 377 million in South Asia; 356 million in high-income countries; 159 million in Latin America and Caribbean; 143 million on Sub-Saharan Africa; 137 million in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; 95 million in North Africa and Middle East. The total is 1,827 million people.

For references please see footnote157

  1. Holden BA, Fricke TR, Wilson DA, Jong M, Naidoo KS, Sankaridurg, P, Wong, TY, Naduvilath, TJ and Resnikoff, S. Global prevalence of myopia and high myopia and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050. Ophthalmology. 2016;123(5):1036-1042.↩︎

  2. Fricke TR, Tahhan N, Resnikoff S, Papas E, Burnett A, Ho SM, Naduvilath, T, Naidoo KS. Global prevalence of presbyopia and vision impairment from uncorrected presbyopia. Ophthalmology. 2018;125(10):1492-1499.↩︎

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