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Table 2 Prevalence estimates for long-term conditions covered by the Quality and Outcomes Framework for general practice

From: How an electronic health record became a real-world research resource: comparison between London’s Whole Systems Integrated Care database and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Condition

National published rate (2016/17)

WSIC / Discover (2019)

Asthma

5.9%

7.6%

Atrial Fibrillation

1.8%

1.0%

Cancer

2.0%

2.2%

Chronic Kidney Disease, age 18+

4.1%

1.6%

COPD

1.9%

2.2%

Coronary Heart Disease

3.2%

1.8%

Dementia

0.8%

0.4%

Depression & anxiety symptoms

9.1%

8.5%

Diabetes

6.7%

5.4%

Epilepsy, age 18+

1.0%

0.8%

Heart Failure

0.8%

0.7%

Hypertension

13.8%

9.5%

Learning Disability

0.3%

0.3%

Mental Health

0.9%

0.9%

Multiple sclerosis

164 per 100,000

127 per 100,000

Obesity, age 18+

9.7%

10.5%

Osteoporosis, age 50+

2.2%

3.7%

Peripheral Arterial Disease

0.6%

0.3%

Rheumatoid arthritis

0.7%

0.5%

Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack

1.8%

1.0%