Awareness and knowledge of age related eye disease in the population sample
Disease type
Aware of eye disease
Correct knowledge of eye disease (n=3185)
Cataract
2801/3028 (92%)
2379 (74%)
Glaucoma
2664/3131 (79%)
623 (19%)
AMD
151/3166 (5%)
64 (2%)
↵People who were previously diagnosed with the age related eye disease were not asked their awareness of that particular disease.
↵All people who self reported an awareness of the disease or who were previously diagnosed with the condition were asked to describe the disease in question.