Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2023: interactive data

Measure 2.4.2 The estimated number and proportion of Indigenous adults screened for trichiasis

There are 3 separate charts for this measure showing trichiasis screening coverage in Indigenous communities, by various characteristics.

Trichiasis screening coverage, 2022

Trichiasis screening coverage in communities that screened, by age, 2022

This dual axis combined vertical bar chart and scatter plot presents number and percent screened for trichiasis in Indigenous communities, in 2022, by age group. The chart shows that 4,054 First Nations people aged 15–39 (a rate of 22%) and 6,752 Indigenous adults aged 40 and over (a rate of 56%) were screened for trichiasis in at-risk communities.

Trichiasis screening coverage: interactive data

Trichiasis screening coverage in communities that screened, Australians aged 40 and over, by jurisdiction, 2022

This dual axis combined vertical bar chart and scatter plot presents the number and proportion screened for trichiasis in Indigenous communities in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory in 2022, for adults aged 40 and over. The proportion screened was highest in South Australia, (487 adults, a rate of 75%) while the number screened was highest in the Northern Territory (3,259 a rate of 48%) . There was no screening in Queensland in 2022.

Trichiasis screening coverage in communities that screened, Australians aged 40 and over, 2011 to 2022

This dual axis combined line graph scatter plot presents the number and proportion screened for trichiasis in Indigenous communities, in 2011 to 2022. The chart shows that the proportion of Indigenous adults aged 40 and over screened for trichiasis rose from 1,179 (9%) in 2011 to 8,270 (24%) in 2017 before dropping to 6,6752 (56%) in 2022.