Raw Disease Prevalence in Northern Ireland

Raw Disease Prevalence in Northern Ireland - 2022/23

Northern Ireland Executive
23 May 2023, 21 GMT+10

The Department of Health today published Raw Disease Prevalence in Northern Ireland - 2022/23.

Figures show the recorded prevalence of 14 conditions¹, including asthma, hypertension, dementia and diabetes.

The prevalence data is collected from general practices in Northern Ireland and the publication presents disease register sizes and raw disease prevalence rates²; broken down to LCG, GP Federation and general practice level.

This robust dataset is made up of information voluntarily provided by all 318 general practices in Northern Ireland.³ It is collected through the QOF, which is primarily used to improve care for patients by rewarding practices for the quality of care they provide.⁴

The data source for QOF is the General Practice Intelligence Platform (GPIP)/QOF (GPIP/PCAS), a Northern Ireland IT system that supports the QOF payment process.

The 14 disease registers are grouped into categories, which are:

cardiovascular⁵

respiratory⁶

high dependency and other long term conditions⁷

mental health and neurology⁸

Prevalence of some conditions is measured as a proportion of the total number of people registered at a surgery, whereas others are age-specific.⁹

This year's publication includes a report and data tables which is available on the Department of Health website.

This statistical release also includes an interactive dashboard; it is available on the NISRA website.

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