Prevalence and Risk Factors of Myopia in Spain

Table 3

Myopia prevalence by gender and place in 2016 and 2017.

	Gender/autonomous community	2016				2017
		5 years (%)	6 years (%)	7 years (%)	Total (%)	5 years (%)	6 years (%)	7 years (%)	Total (%)
Medium age	Female	46.4	42.1	41.7	42.7	46.5	47.8	42.2	44.8
	Male	53.4	57.9	58.3	57.3	53.5	52.2	57.8	55.2
6.09 ± 0.76 years	Basque country	4.8	5.5	4.6	5	—	8.2	4	4.7
6.29 ± 0.79 years	Andalusia	16.8	20.5	18.7	19	6.3	6.5	13.3	9.8
6.27 ± 0.74 years	Valencian community	8.2	6	6.1	6.4	3.9	4.5	5.7	5
6.17 ± 0.76 years	Catalonia	12	7.6	9.4	9.3	17.3	14.7	8.2	12
6.18 ± 0.76 years	Castile and Leon	14.9	20.5	18.5	18.6	16.5	19.2	21.8	20
6.15 ± 0.81 years	Galicia	2.9	4.3	2	2.9	3.1	5.3	5.9	5.2
6.11 ± 0.79 years	Community of Madrid	17.8	17.6	18.4	18	31.5	23.7	23.2	24.8
6.16 ± 0.79 years	Aragon	3.4	2.1	2.9	2.7	9.4	9	10.8	9.9
6.10 ± 0.76 years	Cantabria	2.9	0.2	1.2	1.2	3.1	1.2	—	1
6.18 ± 0.86 years	Navarra	1	0.5	0.7	0.7	6.3	3.3	4.2	4.3
6.17 ± 0.78 years	Extremadura	3.8	6.2	5.5	5.5	1.6	2.9	1.4	1.9
6.29 ± 0.75 years	Castile-la Mancha	7.2	6.9	7	7	0.8	1.6	1.4	1.4