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Assessment: |
1989-90 to 1995 | AL |
1995 to 2001 | AL |
NHS | 1989-90 | 1995 | 2001 |
Question description
| Included in Q230, "...-( DO YOU HAVE) ANY CONDITIONS WHICH YOU HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME AND MAY HAVE ADJUSTED TO SUCH AS ARTHRITIS OR BACK PROBLEMS?" | Q438 asks "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TOLD BY A DOCTOR OR NURSE THAT YOU HAVE-
ARTHRITIS?
RHEUMATISM?
GOUT?"
Q439, 440 and 441 establish if any of these conditions are still current and long-term.
Q443 asks "DO YOU HAVE OSTEO OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?" | Q545 asks "DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE-
OSTEOARTHRITIS?
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?
GOUT?
RHEUMATISM?
OTHER TYPE OF ARTHRITIS?" |
ICD-9 codes | 737 |
NHS codes(b) | 070 | 068,069,070 | 445, 971, 421, 422, 423, 446, 447, 448, 452, 970, 449, 451, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483 ,484, 485, 878, 974 |
Notes | Cannot separate into osteo-arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, type unknown. | Only includes clinically diagnosed persons. | May include some self-diagnosed arthritis. This may be expected to pick up more cases than limiting to only clinically diagnosed. |
Estimate '000 | 1,803.4 | 2,633.3 | 2,585.0 |
Standardised rate per 1,000 population(a) | 116.5 | 153.8 | 136.7 |
95 % confidence intervals on standardised rates | 114.4 - 118.6 | 146.8 - 160.8 | 133.3 - 140.1 |
(a) Age standardised to 2001 NHS benchmark population.
(b) The codes shown were released in the corrigendum to this publication on 22 July 03. |
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