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Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data

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Last updated: 16 Mar 2023
Topic: Indigenous Australians

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 02 April 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2022-data

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Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 16 March 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2022-data

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2023 [cited 2023 Apr. 2]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2022-data

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2023, Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2022: interactive data, viewed 2 April 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/indigenous-eye-health-measures-2022-data

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    • About
    • Summary
    • Prevalence
      • Prevalence of vision impairment and blindness
      • Self-reported eye or sight problems
      • Main causes of vision impairment and blindness
      • Self-reported causes of eye or sight problems
      • Prevalence of trachoma
      • Prevalence of trichiasis
    • Diagnosis and screening
      • Annual health assessments
      • Annual health assessments and initial eye examination by an optometrist
      • Eye examinations by an eye care professional
      • Eye examinations among those tested for diabetes (MBS data)
      • Screening for diabetic retinopathy among those with self-reported diabetes (survey data)
      • Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data)
      • Trachoma screening coverage
      • Trichiasis screening coverage
      • Undiagnosed eye conditions
    • Treatment
      • Hospitalisations for diseases of the eye
      • Hospitalisations for eye injuries
      • Hospitalisations for eye procedures
      • Cataract surgery rate
      • Cataract surgical coverage rate (NEHS)
      • Cataract surgical coverage rate (WHO)
      • Waiting times for elective cataract surgery (percentile)
      • Waiting times for elective cataract surgery (days)
      • Treated for diabetic retinopathy among those screened for diabetic retinopathy
      • Treated for diabetic retinopathy among those tested for diabetes
      • Trachoma and trichiasis treatment coverage
      • Treatment of refractive error
      • Spectacles dispensed under state schemes
      • Impact of COVID-19 on hospitalisations
    • Workforce and outreach
      • Number and rate of optometrists
      • Number and rate of ophthalmologists
      • Number and rate of allied ophthalmic personnel
      • Occasions of eye health services – Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS)
      • Occasions of eye health services – Rural Health Outreach Fund (RHOF)
      • Occasions of eye health services – Medical Outreach Indigenous Chronic Disease Program (MOICDP)
      • Occasions of eye health services – Combined outreach programs
      • Eye and Ear Surgical Support Program (EESS)
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Diagnosis and screening

Screening plays an important preventative role in eye health as early detection and treatment of eye problems, such as diabetic retinopathy and cataract, can prevent vision impairment and blindness. These measures provide information on eye health diagnosis and screening services to assist in the monitoring of the adequacy of services provided to Indigenous people.

  • Measure 2.1.1

    Indigenous Australians who had an Indigenous health assessment

  • Measure 2.1.2

    Indigenous Australians who had an Indigenous health assessment who also had an initial eye examination by an optometrist

  • Measure 2.2

    Eye examinations by an eye care professional

  • Measure 2.3.1

    Eye examinations among those tested for diabetes (MBS data)

  • Measure 2.3.2

    Screening for diabetic retinopathy among those with self-reported diabetes (survey data)

  • Measure 2.3.3

    Screening for diabetic retinopathy with a retinal camera (MBS data)

  • Measure 2.4.1

    Trachoma screening coverage

  • Measure 2.4.2

    Trichiasis screening coverage

  • Measure 2.5

    Undiagnosed eye conditions

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