AQW 13035/17-22


Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 20/01/2021
Answered On Date: 27/01/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in each (i) local government district area; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the disease registers in the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), the purpose of which is to reward General Medical Services contractors for the provision of quality care. Prevalence data within the QOF are collected in the form of practice registers, with raw disease prevalence calculated as a proportion of the registered lists.
The COPD register contains the number of people diagnosed with COPD. As at 31 March 2020, there were 43,387 people on the COPD register; the Northern Ireland prevalence of COPD was 21.68 per 1,000 patients. The number of people on the register and the prevalence of COPD in (i) each Local Government District and (ii) each Health and Social Care Trust are shown in Tables 1 and 2.
Table 1 Prevalence of COPD (number of patients and rate of prevalence), at 31st March 2020, in each Local Government District (2014)
LGD 20141
Patients on the COPD register
COPD raw prevalence per 1,000 patients
Antrim and Newtownabbey
2,738
20.84
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
4,498
20.12
Belfast
11,041
25.59
Causeway Coast and Glens
3,549
23.70
Derry City and Strabane
4,242
24.47
Fermanagh and Omagh
2,775
22.52
Lisburn and Castlereagh
1,870
15.86
Mid and East Antrim
3,284
22.87
Mid Ulster
2,863
18.42
Newry, Mourne and Down
3,498
18.40
Ards and North Down
3,029
18.71
Source: Payment Calculation and Analysis System
1 Patients are assigned to LGDs and HSCTs based on the postcode of the GP Practice at which they are registered
Table 2 Prevalence of COPD (number of patients and rate of prevalence), at 31st March 2020, in each Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT)
Health and Social Care Trust1
Patients on the COPD register
COPD raw prevalence per 1,000 patients
Belfast
11,057
25.11
Northern
10,519
22.20
South Eastern
6,052
18.22
Southern
8,003
18.89
Western
7,756
23.38
Source: Payment Calculation and Analysis System
1 Patients are assigned to LGDs and HSCTs based on the postcode of the GP Practice at which they are registered