Editing Myopia (section)

===South America===
In [[Brazil]], a 2005 study estimated 6% of Brazilians between the ages of 12 and 59 had −1.00 diopter of myopia or more, compared with 3% of the indigenous people in northwestern Brazil.<ref name="pmid15829854">{{cite journal | vauthors = Thorn F, Cruz AA, Machado AJ, Carvalho RA | title = Refractive status of indigenous people in the northwestern Amazon region of Brazil | journal = Optometry and Vision Science | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 267–72 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15829854 | doi = 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159371.25986.67 | s2cid = 38979284 }}</ref> Another found nearly 1 in 8 (13%) of the students in the city of [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]] were myopic.<ref name="pmid16059562">{{cite journal | vauthors = Garcia CA, Oréfice F, Nobre GF, Souza D, Rocha ML, Vianna RN | title = [Prevalence of refractive errors in students in Northeastern Brazil] | journal = Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia | volume = 68 | issue = 3 | pages = 321–5 | date = June 2005 | pmid = 16059562 | doi = 10.1590/S0004-27492005000300009 | doi-access = free }}</ref>