Table 1. Literatures distribution of ametropia in PubMed during 1845-2010.
Period | Ametropia | Astigmatism | Myopia | Hypermetropia |
1845-1900 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
1901-1950 | 134 | 74 | 153 | 17 |
1951-1955 | 215 | 43 | 139 | 15 |
1956-1960 | 213 | 42 | 122 | 6 |
1961-1965 | 516 | 88 | 284 | 42 |
1966-1970 | 984 | 173 | 536 | 131 |
1971-1975 | 1207 | 240 | 630 | 175 |
1976-1980 | 1218 | 294 | 640 | 135 |
1981-1985 | 1776 | 438 | 1022 | 204 |
1986-1990 | 1967 | 625 | 1161 | 236 |
1991-1995 | 2338 | 912 | 1407 | 276 |
1996-2000 | 3356 | 1213 | 2238 | 541 |
2001-2005 | 4351 | 1461 | 2944 | 736 |
2006-2010 | 4779 | 1746 | 3283 | 837 |
-2010/11/10 | 23057 | 7358 | 14571 | 3353 |
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