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Table 1 Survey response rates of eye care services (MM 2-MM 7) and FTE per 100,000 per SA3 region in Western Australia

From: Using geographic information systems to map eye care service distribution in rural and remote Western Australia

SA3 Name

Established optometry and ophthalmology practices

Visiting services

Optometry

Ophthalmology

Practices identified (n)

Responded (n)

Response rate (%)

Services identified (n)

Established (FTE per 100,000)

Visiting (FTE per 100,000)

Total (FTE per 100,000)

Established (FTE per 100,000)

Visiting (FTE per 100,000)

Total (FTE per 100,000)

Augusta -Margaret River - Busselton

9

9

100

0

19.5

0.0

19.5

3.1

0.0

3.1

Bunbury

15

12

80

0

13.0

0.0

13.0

4.2

0.0

4.2

Manjimup

1

1

100

5

3.9

0.4

4.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

Albany

10

6

60

13

11.9

0.0

11.9

3.2

0.5

3.7

Wheat Belt - North

4

4

100

22

7.3

0.7

8.0

0.0

0.7

0.7

Wheat Belt - South

1

0

0

11

1.4

0.7

2.1

0.0

0.5

0.5

Kimberley

5

4

80

27

11.6

2.3

13.9

3.1

1.1

4.2

East Pilbara

4

4

100

12

12.2

1.0

13.1

0.0

0.9

0.9

West Pilbara

3

3

100

12

12.1

0.7

12.8

0.0

0.5

0.5

Esperance

2

1

50

7

13.2

0.2

13.4

0.0

1.4

1.4

Gascoyne

1

0

0

10

4.1

2.0

6.1

0.0

0.6

0.6

Goldfields

3

2

66.7

16

7.4

0.4

7.8

0.0

1.2

1.2

Mid West

8

7

87.5

21

15.1

0.8

15.8

2.3

0.1

2.4

Total

66

53

80.3

156

11.6

0.5

12.1

2.0

0.4

2.4