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===Australia=== In [[Australia]], the overall prevalence of myopia (worse than β0.50 diopters) has been estimated to be 17%.<ref name="pmid10326965">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wensor M, McCarty CA, Taylor HR | title = Prevalence and risk factors of myopia in Victoria, Australia | journal = Archives of Ophthalmology | volume = 117 | issue = 5 | pages = 658β63 | date = May 1999 | pmid = 10326965 | doi = 10.1001/archopht.117.5.658 | doi-access = free }}</ref> In one recent study, less than one in 10 (8%) Australian children between the ages of four and 12 were found to have myopia greater than β0.50 diopters.<ref name="pmid15705207">{{cite journal | vauthors = Junghans BM, Crewther SG | title = Little evidence for an epidemic of myopia in Australian primary school children over the last 30 years | journal = BMC Ophthalmology | volume = 5 | pages = 1 | date = February 2005 | pmid = 15705207 | pmc = 552307 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2415-5-1 | df = dmy-all | doi-access = free }}</ref> A recent review found 16% of Australians aged 40 or older have at least β1.00 diopters of myopia and 3% have at least β5.00 diopters.<ref name="pmid15078666">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kempen JH, Mitchell P, Lee KE, Tielsch JM, Broman AT, Taylor HR, Ikram MK, Congdon NG, O'Colmain BJ | display-authors = 6 | title = The prevalence of refractive errors among adults in the United States, Western Europe, and Australia | journal = Archives of Ophthalmology | volume = 122 | issue = 4 | pages = 495β505 | date = April 2004 | pmid = 15078666 | doi = 10.1001/archopht.122.4.495 | author10 = Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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