4816.0.55.001 - Occasional Paper: Long-term Health Conditions - A Guide To Time Series Comparability From The National Health Survey, Australia, 2001  
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Assessment:

1989-90 to 1995 . .
1995 to 2001 A
      Survey year1989-9019952001
      Question description
      		Included in Q230, "- DO YOU HAVE ANY CONDITIONS LIKE THESE?"
      Prompt card 5 was shown which included "BLINDNESS OR SERIOUS TROUBLE SEEING EVEN WITH GLASSES, e.g. CATARACT, GLAUCOMA (specify)" among a list of 41 conditions.       		Included in eyesight module, Q410-416. Q415 asked: "DO YOU HAVE ANY (OTHER) SIGHT PROBLEMS, WHICH CANNOT BE CORRECTED BY GLASSES OR CONTACT LENSES?" respondents who said 'yes' were asked Q416: "WHAT (OTHER) SIGHT PROBLEMS DO YOU HAVE?" response categories include "Total blindness", "Blind in one eye", "Cataracts", "Glaucoma", "Lazy eye", "Other (specify)". Included in eyesight module, Q522-537.Q530 asked: "DO YOU HAVE ANY (OTHER) SIGHT PROBLEMS?" respondents who said 'yes' were asked 531: "WHAT (OTHER) SIGHT PROBLEMS DO YOU HAVE?" response categories include "Totally blind in both eyes", "Totally blind in one eye only", "Partially blind in both eyes", "Partially in one eye only", "Glaucoma", "Cataracts", "Trachoma", "Lazy eye/Strabismus", "Other (specify)".
      ICD-9 codes365
      NHS codes . . 101332,960
      NotesUnable to separate types of refraction/accommodation disorders
      Estimate '000. . 134.2177.5
      Standardised rate per 1,000 population(a). .7.89.4
      95 % confidence intervals on standardised rates. .6.4 - 9.28.1 - 10.7
      (a) Age standardised to 2001 NHS benchmark population.


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