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Publication, Part of Recorded Dementia Diagnoses
Recorded dementia diagnoses, March 2017
- Publication Date:
- 13 Apr 2017
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- GP practices, Regions, Country, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities
- Date Range:
- Snapshot on 31 Mar 2017
Summary
Recorded dementia diagnoses, March 2017.
We collect and publish data about people with dementia at each GP practice, so that the NHS (GPs and commissioners) can make informed choices about how to plan their services around their patients needs.
Highlights
Recorded dementia prevalence at 31 March 2017 is 0.766 per cent (1 person in 131).
When considered alongside monthly data collected in 2015/16, this indicates a progressive increase in recorded prevalence from March 2016 (0.758) to March 2017 (0.766).
Of the extract cohort, data for 7,216 practices were collected, representing 98.1 per cent coverage of cohort practices.
76.0 per cent of patients on the practices' dementia registers had their ethnicity recorded as either 'Not stated' or 'No ethnicity code'.
Due to a technical issue 57 practices' data are not available in this month's publication, and will be included next month.
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Last edited: 28 March 2019 4:12 pm