Table 2.

Estimated prevalence of refractive error (%) by age in children aged 4 to 12 years.

Age	Myopia			Emmetropia	Hyperopia		N
	More than -3.75	-0.50 to -3.75	of -0.50	-0.25 to +0.50	+0.75 to +1.25	More than +1.25	Female	Male	All
4	0.0	2.3	0.0	43.2	50.0	4.5	24	16	44
5	0.4	1.5	1.2	49.8	41.3	5.8	121	129	259
6	0.0	1.7	0.7	47.6	43.4	6.6	145	133	286
7	0.0	2.5	2.5	54.8	33.1	7.0	72	80	157
8	1.0	5.6	0.5	49.0	29.6	14.3	100	85	196
9	0.8	6.5	1.5	56.3	29.7	5.3	133	128	263
10	2.4	9.0	2.4	54.7	27.8	3.8	149	88	212
11	0.5	10.9	2.1	58.0	24.5	4.0	146	189	376
12	2.1	11.2	1.4	57.3	22.4	5.6	61	77	143