Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data)
- Measure 2.3.3
- The number and rate of First Nations people screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera. (MBS data).
Figure 21: Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data), 2021–22
Measure 2.3.3: The number of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera, in the 12-month period (MBS data)
Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data), 2021–22
Number and rate per 1,000 of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera by sex, 2021–22
This dual axis combined vertical bar chart and scatter plot shows the number and rate of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera in 2021–22, by sex. The rate screening as the same for males and females males (0.8 per 1,000).
In 2021–22, an estimated 721 (0.8 per 1,000 First Nations population) First Nations people diagnosed with diabetes, were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (Figure 21 and Figure 22).
Figure 22: Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data): interactive data
Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data): interactive data
This interactive data visualisation shows 3 separate charts showing the proportion of the population that had an eye examination by an eye care professional in the preceding 12 months, for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by various characteristics.
Number and rate per 1,000 of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera by region, 2021–22
This dual axis vertical bar chart and scatter plot shows the number and rate of First Nations people diagnosed with diabetes who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera in 2021–22, by region. The rate was highest in Remote areas, 1.3 per 1,000 population and lowest in Major cities, 0.6 per 1,000 population.
Number and rate per 1,000 of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera by jurisdiction, 2021–22
This dual axis combined vertical bar chart and scatter plot shows the number and rate of First Nations people diagnosed with diabetes who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera in 2021–22, by jurisdiction. The rate was highest in Western Australia, 3 per 1,000 population and lowest in Victoria, 0.3 per 1,000 population.
Number of First Nations people who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera by age, 2016–17 to 2021–22
This line graph shows the number and rate of First Nations people who were diagnosed with diabetes who were screened for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera from 2016–17 to 2021–22, by age group. The number of eye examinations is highest for those aged 35–54 and 55-74 years across all years and has also risen most steeply for this group, rising from 157 and 217 respectively in 2016–17 to 649 and 692 in 2018–19, before declining to 264 and 337 in 2021–22.
- In 2020–21, the rate of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera for First Nations people was lowest in Inner regional areas (0.6 per 1,000) and highest in Remote areas (4.4 per 1,000). In 2021–22 the rate of screening tests for First Nations people was lowest in Major cities (0.6 per 1,000) and highest in Remote and Very remote areas (both 1.3 per 1,000).
- From 2016–17 to 2021–22, age-specific rates of screening tests for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera for First Nations people were highest for those aged 55–74 or 75 and over.