Statistics
We like to keep our numbers at hand and thought you may be interested in some of them too.
Membership statistics
Below are some membership statistics as at 30 June 2011.
General
- Total: 11,674 members
- Registered over one year: approximately 1,100
- Female: 7,121 members (61%)
- Male: 4,553 members (39%)
Location by region
- Auckland and Northland: 3,541members (30%)
- Christchurch: 1,967 members (17%)
- Dunedin: 1,171 members (10%)
- Central North Island: 1,834 members (16%)
- Wellington: 3,161 members (27%)
Age range
- 0 - 20 years: 748 members (7%)
- 21 - 64 years: 3,052 members (26%)
- 65 - 79 years: 1,655 members (14%)
- 80+ years: 6,219 members (53%)
Ethnicity
- Asian: 174 members (1%)
- Māori: 780 members (7%)
- Pacific: 365 members (3%)
- Pakeha: 9,409 members (81%)
- Other: 946 members (8%)
Main eye conditions
- Age Related Macular Degeneration: 4,550 members (39%)
- Glaucoma: 646 members (5%)
- Retinitis Pigmentosa: 480 members (4%)
- Age Related Maculopathy: 434 members (4%)
- Diabetic Retinopathy: 306 members (3%)
- Cataract: 304 members (3%)
- Other: 4,954 members (42%) Note, over 300 eye conditions fall under this category.
