Estimated Dementia Diagnosis Rate (Aged 65 and Over)

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man
Publishing Organisation
Public Health England: Fingertips Dementia Profile
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Diagnosis

Defining Attributes

Definition

The rate of persons aged 65 and older with a recorded diagnosis of dementia per person estimated to have dementia given the characteristics of the population and the age and sex specific prevalence rates of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II, expressed as a percentage with 95 percent confidence intervals.

Numerator

Number of people aged 65 and older with a recorded dementia diagnosis.

Denominator

Estimated number of people aged 65 and over expected to have dementia.

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

Data is from NHS Digital Primary Care Dementia Data Publication, data is automatically collected in GP Clinical Systems and extracted via the General Practice Extraction Service (GPES).

Frequency of Data Collection
Monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
30
Reporting Methods

Online as Dementia surveillance factsheets published on fingertips.phe.org.uk/documents/DementiaSurveillanceEngland.html, also Online at fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/dementia/data#page/6/gid/1938133052/pat/159/par/K02000001/ati/15/are/E92000001/iid/92949/age/27/sex/4/cat/-1/ctp/-1/yrr/1/cid/4/tbm/1.

Reporting Frequency
Monthly
Reporting Frequency in Days
30
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes

Source and Reference Attributes

Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
12 March 2025