Common health problems of students examined - Defective Vision, Annual
Health Promotion Board (HPB) publishes annual student health screening figures on defective vision among school populations in Singapore. The CSV counts male and female students meeting Snellen VA ≥ 6/12 or LogMAR VA ≥ 0.30 thresholds used in school examinations. Educators and public health teams can monitor childhood vision burden and target screening programmes. Coverage spans 2009 through 2020 in the catalogued annual series.
Official description
Number of students with visual acuity - VA (Snellen) ≥ 6/12 or VA (LogMAR) ≥ 0.30 for male and female students
Health Promotion Board CSV of defective-vision rates among examined students in Singapore from 2009 through 2020. Columns cover year, gender, and defective vision rate. School-health and public-health analysts track myopia and vision screening outcomes by sex over the decade.