Table 2. Trichiasis screening coverage, prevalence and treatment among Aboriginal adults by region, Northern Territory 2015 Alice Springs Remote Barkly Darwin Rural East Arnhem Katherine Total Number of communities screened for trichiasis 21 9 16 6 15 67 Age (years) 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15+ Estimated population in region* 2221 1234 1918 1168 4971 2699 2789 1596 2411 1411 8108 Adults examined 527 446 328 160 859 964 458 360 466 540 2638 2470 5108 With trichiasis (% of adults examined) 3 (0.6%) 20 (4.5%) 0 1 (0.6%) 2 (2%) 0 0 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.2%) 1 (0.2%) 6(0.2%) 23 (1%) 29 (0.6%) Offered ophthalmic consultation 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 8 Declined ophthalmic consultation 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 Surgery in past 12 months ‡ 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 * Population estimate limited to trachoma endemic regions and does not take into account changing endemic regions over time and transiency between regions † Number of adults examined limited to numbers reported. This number may not account for all adults who may be examined in routine adult health checks, and may also include multiple screening ‡ Surgery cases may include cases identified in previous years.
Table 3. Trichiasis screening coverage, prevalence and treatment among Aboriginal adults by region, South Australia 2015 APY Lands Eyre and Western Far North Total Number of communities screened for trichiasis 1* 4 6 11 Age group (years) 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15-39 40+ 15+ Estimated population* 1124 611 498 433 1273 956 2895 2000 4895 Adults examined 533 411 20 290 147 563 700 1264 1964 With trichiasis (% of adults examined) 1 (0.2%) 8 (1.9%) 0 0 2 (1.4%) 1 (1.8%) 3 (0.4%) 9 (0.7%) 12 (0.6%) Offered ophthalmic consultation 1 8 0 0 2 1 3 9 12 Declined ophthalmic consultation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surgery in past 12 months 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 4 * In 2015 APY Lands aggregated 9 communities into one community for presentation of data † Population estimate limited to trachoma endemic regions and does not take into account changing endemic regions over time and transiency between regions ‡ Number of adults examined limited to numbers reported. This number may not account for adults who may be examined in routine adult health checks, and may also include multiple screening
4. Trachoma control delivery by region, Western Australia 2015 Number of communities Goldfields* Kimberley Midwest Pilbara Total At risk* (A) 10 24 8 7 49 Requiring screening for trachoma (B) 3 7 5 0 15 Screened for trachoma (C) 3 7 5 0 15 Requiring treatment only (D) 1 1 1 0 3 Treated † (E) 1 1 1 0 3 Screened and/or treated for trachoma (F = C+E) 4 8 6 0 18 Requiring neither screening or treatment for trachoma (G=A-B-D) 6 16 2 7 31 * WA aggregated 10 communities in the Goldfields region into one community †Communities treated without screening in 2015 as per guideline instructions
Communities at-risk † 72 74 74 86 75 78 71 59 49 Communities not screened ‡ 17 7 5 8 7 3 2 0 0 Number of communities § 55 67 69 78 68 75 69 59 49 Number of communities No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Trachoma Prevalence ≥20% 18 33% 29 43% 22 32% 18% 10 15% 9 12% 7 10% 2 3% 3 6% Trachoma Prevalence ≥10% but <20% 12 22% 7 10% 3 4% 18 23% 8 12% 3 4% 3 4% 4 7% 2 4% Trachoma Prevalence ≥5% but <10% 5 9% 8 12% 8 12% 7 9% 7 10% 10 13% 10 14% 2 3% 0 0% Trachoma Prevalence >0% but <5% 0 0% 7 10% 20% 7 9% 4 6% 7 9% 8 12% 6 10% 5 11% Trachoma Prevalence = 0% 20 36% 16 24% 22 32% 32 41% 39 57% 46 61% 41 59% 45 76% 39 79% * on current year or most recent year † As defined annually by each jurisdictions ‡ Or treated as per guideline instructions § Screened or receiving ongoing annual treatment || Since 2014, 10 communities in WA have been amalgamated into one community reporting purposes Table 4. Treatment strategies by region*, Western Australia 2015 Number of communities Goldfields Kimberley Midwest Total