Table 1.

Proportion of Refractive Error Types in Each Dataset

	Total Emmetropia∗	Total Hyperopia†	Total Myopia‡	Total Myopia§	High Myopia||
All spectacle lenses	19.1	44.9	36.0	38.0	4.8
SV lenses	15.5	44.9	39.6	41.7	5.3
Addition lenses	25.0	45.1	29.9	31.9	4.0
GHS	35.1	29.8	35.1	39.9	3.5

GHS = Gutenberg Health Study; SV = single-vision lenses. Data are presented as percentages.

^∗Spherical equivalent ≥–0.50 diopter and ≤+0.75 diopter.

^†Spherical equivalent >+0.75 diopter.

^‡Spherical equivalent <–0.50 diopter.

^§Spherical equivalent ≤–0.50 diopter.

^||Spherical equivalent ≤–6.00 diopters.