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Table 1 Counts and sample proportions of children with myopia using three different myopia criteria

From: Myopia in Bulgarian school children: prevalence, risk factors, and health care coverage

Grouping characteristic

Count (Sample proportions)

School

Rural (Small tawn)

Urban (Capital)

Urban—Sport (Capital)

Urban (medium sized town)

SE ≤ -0.5 D

173 (51.64%)

74 (54.02%)

75 (41.67%)

418 (56.03%)

SE ≤ -0.5 D and decimal VA ≤ 0.8

33 (9.85%)

47 (34.31%)

17 (9.39%)

169 (22.59%)

SE ≤ -0.75 D and decimal VA ≤ 0.8

28 (8.36%)

43 (31.38%)

16 (8.84%)

149 (19.91%)