Table 5.

Average achievement on each process indicator for England and differences from England for other countries (99% confidence intervals)

Indicator	England (%)	Scotland % point difference from England (99% CI)	Wales % point difference from England (99% CI)	Northern Ireland % point difference from England (99% CI)
Simple process measures
CHD smoking status recorded	95.0	0.5 (0.1 to 0.9)	-0.3 (-1.0 to 0.4)	1.1 (0.4 to 1.7)
Stroke smoking status recorded	92.6	1.5 (0.8 to 2.2)	-0.6 (-1.8 to 0.7)	2.0 (1.1 to 3.0)
BP smoking status recorded	94.2	1.2 (0.7 to 1.6)	0.4 (-0.4 to 1.0)	0.7 (0.1 to 1.3)
Diabetes smoking status recorded	96.0	1.4 (1.0 to 1.8)	-0.4 (-1.1 to 0.2)	1.3 (0.8 to 1.8)
CHD – blood pressure recorded	96.6	-1.1 (-1.5 to -0.7)	-0.2 (-0.7 to 0.2)	0.3 (-0.2 to 0.8)
Stroke – blood pressure recorded	94.9	-0.3 (-0.9 to 2.5)	-0.9 (-1.9 to -0.0)	1.0 (0.2 to 1.6)
BP – blood pressure recorded	90.2	-1.3 (-1.9 to -0.7)	-0.0 (-0.9 to 0.7)	1.4 (0.5 to 2.3)
Diabetes – blood pressure recorded	97.1	0.6 (0.3 to 0.9)	0.7 (-0.4 to 0.4)	0.9 (0.5 to 1.2)
CHD – cholesterol recorded	90.3	-1.4 (-2.3 to -0.5)	-0.7 (-1.9 to 0.4)	1.2 (0.1 to 2.3)
Stroke – cholesterol recorded	84.1	0.9 (-0.3 to 2.3)	-2.7 (-4.9 to -0.5)	3.0 (1.1 to 4.7)
Diabetes – cholesterol recorded	92.9	1.5 (0.9 to 2.0)	-0.1 (-1.1 to 0.8)	1.8 (1.1 to 2.5)
Diabetes-record of Body Mass Index	90.8	2.9 (2.4 to 3.3)	1.1 (0.4 to 1.8)	1.6 (0.7 to 2.4)
Diabetes-record of HbA1c	94.6	1.6 (1.2 to 2.0)	-0.7 (-1.3 to -0.5)	1.8 (1.4 to 2.2)
Diabetes – creatinine recorded	93.2	1.3 (0.4 to 1.9)	-0.7 (-1.7 to 0.2)	0.3 (-0.6 to 1.3)
Complex process measures
Diabetes – retinal screening recorded	83.8	2.7 (1.5 to 3.8)	-2.9 (-4.9 to -0.7)	-0.2 (-2.3 to 0.7)
Diabetes – peripheral pulses recorded	79.4	5.0 (3.6 to 6.3)	-4.8 (-7.6 to -2.3)	1.9 (-0.8 to 4.3)
Diabetes – neuropathy testing recorded	78.1	4.6 (3.1 to 6.1)	-7.7 (-10.9 to -4.5)	2.0 (-0.6 to 4.3)

Note: Bold type = significant at P < 0.01