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<p>of the world population). Rates vary significantly in different areas of the world. Rates among adults are between 15% and 49%. Among children, it affects 1% of rural Nepalese, 4% of South Africans, 12% of people in the US, and 37% in some large Chinese cities. In China the proportion of girls is slightly higher than boys. Rates have increased since the 1950s. Uncorrected myopia is one of the most common causes of <a href="page.php?w=vision_impairment">vision impairment</a> globally along with <a href="page.php?w=cataract">cataract</a>s, <a href="page.php?w=macular_degeneration">macular degeneration</a>,</p><p>
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