Prevalence of Diagnosed Dementia (Aged 65 Years and Over)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of patients (aged 65+) with dementia as recorded on all open and active general practitioner (GP) practice disease registers. The recorded dementia prevalence provides an indication of the concentration, within a population, of the number of people aged 65 or older who have been diagnosed and who are now living with the condition. This indicator can be used to inform local service planning as to the scale of services required to provide treatment, care and support as needed, so those with dementia can live well with the condition.
Numerator
Number of people with a formal diagnosis of dementia on their primary care record.
Denominator
Number of patients aged 65+registered with the primary care practices.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
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
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online as Dementia surveillance factsheets published on fingertips.phe.org.uk/documents/DementiaSurveillanceEngland.html.