Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the study population: The first 14 months of TeleOftalmo project (n = 8,142).

Age, years	Mean ± SD	47.99 ± 19.03
	Range	8–96
Age groups	Children (<12 years)	428 (5.3)
No. (%)	Teenagers (13–17 years)	497 (6.1)
	Young adults (18–39 years)	1,336 (16.4)
	Adults (40–64 years)	4,284 (52.6)
	Older adults (≥65 years)	1,597 (19.6)
Gender	Female	5,497 (67.5)
No. (%)	Male	2,645 (35.5)
Ethnicity	European	6,290 (77.6)
No. (%)	African	545 (6.7)
	Indigenous	16 (0.2)
	Asian	29 (0.4)
	Mixed	1,259 (15.5)
Diabetes	Yes	1,157 (14.2)
No. (%)	No	6,985 (85.8)