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Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities Experimental Statistics 2020 to 2021

Experimental statistics, Other reports and statistics

Health Checks

Patients with a learning disability who had a health check by sex

75.2% of patients (76.9% female and 74.1% male) with a learning disability had a Learning Disability Health Check in 2020-21, a statistically significant increase from 57.8% (58.4% female and 57.4% male) in 2019-20.


Patients with a learning disability who had a health check by age band

All age bands show a statistically significant increase in the percentage of patients with a learning disability who have had a health check compared to the previous year. The highest percentage point rise (24.3) was in the 14 to 17 age band which increased from 38.7% in 2019-20 to 63.0% in 2020-21.



Last edited: 9 March 2023 1:59 pm