Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2024: interactive data

The proportion of First Nations people who reported eye or vision problems: Measure 1.2.2

Latest data

Adjusting for age, First Nations people were more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to report blindness (2.4 times as likely) or having a cataract (1.7 times as likely) as a cause of sight problems (Figure 6).

Figure 6: Self-reported eye or sight problem by Indigenous status and main case, 2018–19

Notes

1. Other Includes other age-related sight problems, presbyopia, astigmatism, lazy eye/ stabismus, colour blindness.
2. Data are age standardised rates (ASR)

Source: ABS and AIHW analysis of 2018–19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey.

First Nations, by sex

The prevalence of long-sightedness and short-sightedness was higher for First Nation’s females (25% and 20%, respectively) than for First Nation’s males (18% and 11%, respectively) (Figure 7).

Figure 7: First Nations self-reported eye or sight problem by sex and main case, 2018–19

Notes

1. Other Includes other age-related sight problems, presbyopia, astigmatism, lazy eye/ stabismus, colour blindness.
2. Data are crude rates.

Source: ABS and AIHW analysis of 2018–19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey.