Myopia
Increases Among Teenagers
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According to statistics
compiled from a national investigation into student health,
the myopia rate for Chinese primary school students is 22.78
percent, 55.22 percent for junior high school students, and
70.34 percent for senior high school students. Another investigation
shows that 300,000 people in China are blind as a result of
myopia.
The high myopia percentages worry teachers
and doctors. From 2000 to 2002 the near-sighted rate of junior
middle school students in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province increased
from 61.3 to 64.2 percent, and that of primary school students
increased sharply from 21.5 to 32 percent.
