Table 3.
Crude recorded prevalence (%) for five chronic conditions among adult patients (≥45 years) registered with general practices in the least deprived and most deprived fifths of the “super output areas”* in England
| Condition | Least deprived areas | Most deprived areas | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-5 | 2005-6 | 2006-7 | 2004-5 | 2005-6 | 2006-7 | ||
| Hypertension | 11.4 | 12.4 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 12.6 | |
| Coronary heart disease | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | |
| Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | |
| Diabetes | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | |
| Chronic kidney disease† | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | 2.4 | |
*See text and National Statistics13 for explanation of super output areas.
†Chronic kidney disease data were included in the quality and outcomes framework only in 2006-7.