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

The proportion of First Nations people who reported eye or vision problems: Measure 1.2.2

Latest data

Based on the latest available National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) data, in 2022–23, the main causes of eye or sight problems reported by First Nations people were long-sightedness (23%), short-sightedness (17%) and cataract (1.5%) (Figure 7).

Adjusting for age, First Nations people were more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to report blindness (twice as likely) or having a cataract (1.6 times as likely) as a cause of sight problems (Figure 6).

First Nations, by sex

The prevalence of long-sightedness and short-sightedness was higher for First Nation’s females (27% and 21%, respectively) than for First Nation’s males (19% and 14%, respectively) (Figure 7).