Summary

This is the sixth annual report to update the Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These measures were developed to provide an evidence base to monitor changes in eye health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over time and their use of eye health services. This report includes the latest available data against each measure. Of the 22 measures, with ongoing data collections, 15 have been updated in this report. Table 1 presents a summary of results for key eye health measures. Compared with the last annual report: 

  • 8 measures or sub-measures appear to be improving 
  • 8 measures or sub-measures appear to be declining 
  • 2 sub-measures indicate no change or no clear trend over time 
  • For 5 measures or sub-measures it cannot be determined whether changes represent an improvement or a decline 
  • 9 measures or sub-measures have no trend data available.