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Table 4 Areas where the 2007/08 cataract surgery rate is below WHO (3000 per million) and National Average (9072 per million)

From: Access to eye health services among indigenous Australians: an area level analysis

Percent Indigenous

Frequency 2005/06-2007/08

  
 

Below WHO guidelines

Below National Average

Total

Percent below WHO guidelines

Percent below National Average

Very low (0-1%)

2

16

31

6.45

51.61

Low (1.1-3.0%)

0

22

62

0.00

35.48

Low medium (3.1-6.0% )

2

13

51

3.92

25.49

High medium (6.1-10.0%)

2

13

25

8.00

52.00

High (10.1-20.0%)

3

13

17

17.65

76.47

Very high (>20%)

8

11

22

36.36

50.00