Undiagnosed eye conditions
Measure 2.5 The number of First Nations people with vision impairment or blindness attributed to 1 of the 5 main causes (refractive error, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma) who had not had their condition diagnosed, as a proportion of those with vision impairment and blindness attributed to 1 of the 5 main causes.
This visualisation is a stacked barchart showing diagnosis rates for the top 3 eye diseases and for refractive error for First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians.
Eye conditions, First Nations people, by whether diagnosed, 2016
This stacked vertical bar chart compares the number of First Nations people participating in the National Eye Health Survey in 2016 who had diagnosed and undiagnosed eye conditions. The chart shows that:
- 55% of Indigenous participants tested had undiagnosed refractive error
- 69% of Indigenous participants tested had undiagnosed cataract
- 36% of Indigenous participants tested had undiagnosed diabetic retinopathy.
Eye conditions, non-Indigenous Australians, by whether diagnosed, 2016
This stacked vertical bar chart compares the number of non-Indigenous Australians participating in the National Eye Health Survey in 2016 who had diagnosed and undiagnosed eye conditions. The chart shows that:
- 64% of non-Indigenous participants tested had undiagnosed refractive error
- 36% of non-Indigenous participants tested had undiagnosed cataract.
