Table 1. Atropine eye dropa prescription (%) among children diagnosed with myopiab during school years 2000 to 2007 in Taiwan.

Variables
School year	2000	2004	2007	2000–2007
Number of children	22 417	32 709	36 058	240 739
Atropine eye drops (%)	36.9	44.2	49.5	43.9
Age group (%)
4–6	28.1	31.2	35.1	31.6
7–8	37.7	45.6	51.2	44.8
9–10	44.8	52.2	59.7	52.9
11–12	42.4	52.1	57.6	51.0
13–15	31.1	38.1	41.6	37.2
16–18	20.5	25.1	28.5	25.1
Gender (%)
Boys	37.1	44.4	49.4	44.0
Girls	36.8	44.1	49.7	43.7
Socioeconomic status (%)
NTDc <20 000	36.5	43.8	49.1	43.4
NTD 20 000–39 999	36.4	43.8	49.2	43.5
NTD ≥40 000	41.8	49.6	55.7	49.2
Farmers and fishermen	30.4	37.5	43.5	37.2
Othersd	34.1	40.4	44.4	40.3
Urbanization level (%)
Level 1	43.0	49.7	55.3	49.5
Level 2	37.8	44.7	49.2	44.1
Level 3	29.7	38.7	44.9	38.4

To conserve space, only data of total year (2000 to 2007) and school years 2000, 2004, and 2007 are shown; data of other years are available on request.

^aAtropine eye drops include: 1% atropine, 0.5% atropine, 0.3% atropine, 0.25% atropine, and 0.1% atropine eye drop.

^bWe used a broader definition of myopia (ICD-9-CM as 367) in this study.

^cNTD is New Taiwan Dollar (1 USD≒30 NTD).

^dOthers: low-income family or individuals who have no regular job.