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National Statistic: When quoting the number of people who are blind or vision impaired in Australia, BCA refers to the 2004 report ‘Clear Insight: The Economic Impact and Cost of Vision Loss in Australia’ prepared by Access Economics’ for the Centre for Eye Research Australia. Within the report’s insight into the costs of vision loss in Australia, it highlights that over 480,000 Australians are vision impaired in both eyes and over 50,000 of these people are blind. The report’s projections indicate that blindness is set to increase by 73% over the next two decades to more than 87,000 people (aged over 40).*

‘Clear Insight’ Definition of Blindness: visual acuity <6/60 or visual field <10º diameter. ‘Clear Insight’ Definition of Vision Impairment: visually impaired in both eyes (visual acuity <6/12).*

* Centre for Eye Research Australia (2004). Clear Insight: The Economic Impact and Cost of Vision Loss in Australia a Report prepared by Access Economics Pty Ltd. The Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne 2004. This report is available in braille, plain text and audio on request. To order, contact the Centre for Eye Research Australia on 9929 8360. http://www.cera.org.au

State and Territory Statistics: Using the national statistics provided in CERA ‘Clear Insight’ report, BCA has developed a state and territory breakdown on the percentage of people who are blind or vision impaired by inferring these statistics into the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) - Australian Population Statistics as at 30 June 2005 - Report 3101.0 (Table 7). Blind and Vision Impaired Statistics by State and Territory. Please read our disclaimer which forms part of this website.

Today's Date: 15/03/10    Last updated:11/02/2007

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