Rates of high myopia are on the rise as well ( Figure 2). Adapted from: The Report of the Joint World Health Organization-Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia. The WHO estimates 52% of the world’s population will be myopic by 2050, up from just 22% in 2000. 1 Based on these projections, the WHO identified the increase in myopia as the number one health threat facing vision worldwide, in part because of its association with myopic macular degeneration and other conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma. Current models project that by 2050, myopia and high myopia will reach epidemic proportions affecting 52% and 10% of the world’s population, respectively ( Figure 1). The researchers noted that in 2010, myopia and high myopia were estimated to affect 28% and 3.0% of the world’s population, respectively. In 2015, the WHO, along with the Brien Holden Vision Institute, gathered top myopia researchers from around the world for a global scientific summit on myopia. Most agree mitigating the spread of high myopia is a must, but what about low myopia? Will a lifetime correction of just -2.00D or -3.00D really make a difference in the long run for the patient’s ocular health and quality of life? A close look at the numbers and the host of possible long-term effects suggests the answer is yes. The rising rates of myopia worldwide leave little up for debate-the condition is already considered a public health concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Genetics in Eye Care: DNA Leads the Way Will Subspecialization Help Optometry Evolve?
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