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Publication, Part of

Recorded dementia diagnoses, January 2017

Publication Date:
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
GP practices, Regions, Country, Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Local Authorities
Date Range:
Snapshot on 31 Jan 2017

Summary

Recorded dementia diagnoses, January 2017

Highlights

Recorded dementia prevalence at 31 January 2017 is 0.765 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 (0.759) to January 2017 (0.765).


After adjustments to remove spurious, 'non-GP' practices, shared practices and practices which decided not to participate in this extraction, the extract cohort available for collection was 7,276 practices. This number is lower than in recent months as some practices are yet to agree to participate in the new expanded version of the data collection. Any practice wishing to participate can do so by contacting [email protected]

 

Of the extract cohort, data for 7,152 practices were collected, representing 98.3 per cent coverage of cohort practices.


76.49 per cent of patients on the practices' dementia registers had their ethnicity recorded as either 'Not stated' or 'No ethnicity code'.

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Last edited: 20 May 2019 3:30 pm