Thompson J R, Woodruff G, Hiscox F A, Strong N, Minshull C
Department of Ophthalmology, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Public Health. 1991 Nov;105(6):455-62. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80616-x.
We present incidence estimates for amblyopia using data from a study of a cohort of 364 children from a single English county who were referred during 1983 for occlusion therapy. Using a criterion of a visual acuity of 6/12 or worse to define amblyopia, we estimate that 3.0% of the county's children develop the condition. Successful treatment of some of these children means that 1.9% will remain amblyopic as adults.
