Table 2.
Monitoring of blood pressure of adult patients (≥45 years) registered with general practices in the least deprived and most deprived fifths of the “super output areas”* in England. Values are mean (95% CI) percentage of patients in each practice with blood pressure recorded within the past 5 years
| Least deprived areas | Most deprived areas | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 2004-5 | Year 2005-6 | Year 2006-7 | Year 2004-5 | Year 2005-6 | Year 2006-7 | ||
| Crude values | 82.8 (82.3 to 83.2) | 86.3 (86.0 to 86.6) | 88.2 (88.0 to 88.4) | 80.0 (79.5 to 80.5) | 82.8 (82.3 to 83.2) | 88.1 (87.9 to 88.3) | |
| Weighted values† | 82.8 (82.8 to 82.8) | 86.0 (86.0 to 86.0) | 87.9 (87.9 to 87.9) | 81.1 (81.1 to 81.1) | 85.5 (85.5 to 85.5) | 87.7 (87.7 to 87.7) | |
*See text and National Statistics13 for explanation of super output areas.
†Mean values weighted according to number of patients registered at each practice.