Latest findings
Females (59%) experienced a higher prevalence of long-term vision disorders than males (51%) in 2017–18
Over 13 million Australians had one or more chronic (long-term) eye conditions in 2017–18
About 411,000 Australians (1.7% of the population) had cataract and 244,000 (1.0%) had macular degeneration in 2017–18
The prevalence of active trachoma in children aged 5-9 in at-risk communities fell from 15% in 2009 to 4.5% in 2019
Median wait time for cataract surgery was 124 days for Indigenous Australians and 82 days for non-Indigenous Australians
The age-standardised cataract surgery rate for Indigenous Australians increased by 43% from 2011-12 to 2018-19