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Purpose: To quantify the prevalence of cataract, the outcomes WZ&/l 65J
of cataract surgery and the factors related to "ZEJL.Wy
unoperated cataract in Australia. _tS<\zy@y
Methods: Participants were recruited from the Visual 6Ii2rEzD
Impairment Project: a cluster, stratified sample of more than 1wmS?
5000 Victorians aged 40 years and over. At examination i >Hh_q;'
sites interviews, clinical examinations and lens photography d i`}Y&
were performed. Cataract was defined in participants who _Sj
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had: had previous cataract surgery, cortical cataract greater J\b,rOI f
than 4/16, nuclear greater than Wilmer standard 2, or 5F+5J)h
posterior subcapsular greater than 1 mm2. Mii-Q`.:
Results: The participant group comprised 3271 Melbourne FjRJSMwO,
residents, 403 Melbourne nursing home residents and 1473 k$y(H;XA
rural residents.The weighted rate of any cataract in Victoria V7
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was 21.5%. The overall weighted rate of prior cataract {6^c3R[
surgery was 3.79%. Two hundred and forty-nine eyes had HWT0oh]
had prior cataract surgery. Of these 249 procedures, 49 >~_y\
(20%) were aphakic, 6 (2.4%) had anterior chamber Ij(S"P@
intraocular lenses and 194 (78%) had posterior chamber 90|p]I%
intraocular lenses.Two hundred and eleven of these operated d*,% -Io
eyes (85%) had best-corrected visual acuity of 6/12 or Z^`&