• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.89-91
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• 2007

Color vision test was conducted to elementary school students at age of 9 to 13, with total subject number of 598 which live in Gwang Ju area. 325 (54.3%) boys and 273 (45.7%) girls were subjected using Hahn Color Vision test to find out color recognition problems. 1. Ratios of color vision abnomality were 6.25% in 9 year old students, 9.2% in 10 year old students, 8.4% in 12 year old students, 7.8% in 13 year old students, which means 7.9% of the total 598 subjects had color recognition matters. 2. Red-Green dyschromatopsia was 7.8% of the total 598 subjects which includes most of subjects. None of them had green-yellow recognition problem. Full dyschromatopsia had frequency of 0.2%. 3. 10.7% of boys had color vision abnormality, while 10.7% of girls had color vision abnormality, which means that boys have color recognition problems with higher rate than girls.