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. 2005 Dec;103:313–336.

TABLE 3.

PHOTOSCREENING DATA IN TENNESSEE (SEPTEMBER 1997 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2003)

Number of children screened 119,311
Photographs taken 161,830
Successful screening* 115,445 (96.76%)
Number of children passed 109,897 (92.11%)
Number of children referred 5,548 (4.65%)
Number of children examined 4,140 (74.70%)
Children with documented anisometropia 792
*

A successful screening is defined as having a photograph of adequate quality to be interpreted by the Vanderbilt Ophthalmic Imaging Center.

Anisometropia >1.0 D on cycloplegic refraction; these subjects are the focus of this investigation.