Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2025: interactive data

The number and proportion of First Nations people screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera: Measure 2.3.3

Latest data

In 2023–24, an estimated 919 (0.9 per 1,000) First Nations people were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (Figure 21).

By remoteness 

In 2023–24, the rate of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera for First Nations people was lowest in Inner regional areas (0.3 per 1,000) and highest in Remote and Very remote areas (1.5 and 2.2 per 1,000) respectively. (Figure 22 – remoteness). 

By jurisdiction 

In 2023–24, the rate of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera for First Nations people was highest in Western Australia (4.3 per 1,000). Data were not available for Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory in 2023–24 (Figure 22 – jurisdiction).

Time trend

From 2016–17 to 2023–24, age-specific rates of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera for First Nations people was flat for those aged 0–34 and rose and then fell for all other age groups. The highest rates of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera were seen in those aged 55 and over (Figure 22 – time trend).