Table 6.
Prevalence and total estimated costs of people treated in the community for venous leg ulceration with extrapolation to national levels
| National level*† | |
| Prevalence (primary and non-primary wound): | |
| Point | 3.2 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual (calculated with Petherick et al22‡ incidence value) | 13.2 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual (calculated using theoretical maximum incidence based on survey data) | 82.4 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual total costs (primary and non-primary wound): | |
| Community based (based on assumed representativeness of survey data over 12 months) | £81 039 192 |
| Per person (using annual prevalence calculated from Petherick et al22 incidence) | £3799.27§ |
| Per person (using annual prevalence calculated with maximum incidence assumption) | £147.19§ |
| Community+primary+secondary care | £102 122 480 |
| Per person (Petherick et al22 incidence as above) | £4787.70§ |
| Per person (maximum prevalence) | £185.48§ |
| Prevalence (primary wound only): | |
| Point | 2.9 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual (calculated with Petherick et al22‡ incidence value) | 12.9 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual (calculated using theoretical maximum incidence based on survey data) | 76.8 per 10 000 persons |
| Annual total costs (primary wound only): | |
| Community based (based on assumed representativeness of survey data over 12 months) | £75 477 680 |
| Per person (using annual prevalence calculated from Petherick et al22 incidence) | £3799.21§ |
| Per person (using annual prevalence calculated with maximum incidence assumption) | £147.19§ |
| Community+primary+secondary care | £95 114 080 |
| Per person (Petherick et al22 incidence as above) | £4787.61§ |
| Per person (maximum prevalence) | £185.48§ |
*Assuming the point prevalence from the survey based on a population of 1 935 683 from nine North West community care trusts in England is representative of the rest of the UK.
†Based on the 2019 mid-year population estimate of the UK at 66 796 800.21
‡Petherick et al22 incidence rate is 10 per 10 000 persons.
§Derived using the total cost in the numerator and the estimated number with a venous leg ulcer annually in the denominator.