How many people were diagnosed with a form of dementia in the last year for which information is available, broken down by (a) type of deme…

Information on how many people were diagnosed with a form of dementia as at June 2013 by local authority area and by NHS board is contained in tables (1) and (2).This information is not broken down by type of dementia as this is not held centrally.
Projected figures are approximations based on prevalence modelling only. Using the Eurocode prevalence model, there are approximately 86,000 people with dementia in Scotland and this figure is projected to double by 2033.
TABLE 1: Number of patients on general practice QOF registers for dementia and other QOF-compatible registers for dementia1 , with crude rates per 100 patients by Council
Area2

Council Area
Patients on Register
List Size3
Number of Practices
Raw Prevalence rate (per 100 patients)4





Scotland
41,947
5,544,015
981
0.8

Aberdeen City
1,803
249,884
29
0.7

Aberdeenshire
1,792
243,065
36
0.7

Angus
1,133
116,489
17
1.0

Argyll and Bute
771
88,021
30
0.9

Clackmannanshire
386
56,298
7
0.7

Dumfries and Galloway
1,484
154,632
34
1.0

Dundee City
1,388
161,806
24
0.9

East Ayrshire
1,024
132,157
16
0.8

East Dunbartonshire
626
102,372
17
0.6

East Lothian
959
103,629
16
0.9

East Renfrewshire
510
101,396
17
0.5

Edinburgh, City of
3,704
523,451
72
0.7

Eilean Siar
267
27,199
10
1.0

Falkirk
1,214
157,579
27
0.8

Fife
2,692
376,454
58
0.7

Glasgow City
4,742
678,072
150
0.7

Highland
1,877
233,506
66
0.8

Inverclyde
673
83,494
16
0.8

Midlothian
766
87,739
13
0.9

Moray
709
90,199
14
0.8

North Ayrshire
1,040
140,737
19
0.7

North Lanarkshire
2,253
343,711
59
0.7

Orkney Islands
144
20,803
10
0.7

Perth & Kinross
1,435
144,154
26
1.0

Renfrewshire
1,416
177,241
29
0.8

Scottish Borders
943
116,139
23
0.8

Shetland Islands
173
22,780
10
0.8

South Ayrshire
1,156
113,306
20
1.0

South Lanarkshire
2,536
324,472
53
0.8

Stirling
607
96,415
23
0.6

West Dunbartonshire
589
96,555
17
0.6

West Lothian
1,135
180,260
23
0.6

Notes
1. Data source: QOF Calculator, as at 28th June 2013, plus notifications of
adjustments from NHS Boards. Totals may still be subject to further revisions
locally.
2. Dementia figures used for the HEAT standard include data from sources other
than QOF for a small number of practices that do not take part in QOF. They can
also include data from a small number of practices that do not have signed off QOF data,
as these non-signed off data still contribute towards the target.
3. Register and list size by council area need to be treated with caution. This is because
locations of practices and their populations are not related to council area boundaries.
4. The location of practice premises in one council area does not imply that the population
served is in the council area.
5. List size is the total number of patients registered to practices physically located within the council area.
This information is at 1st January in the given financial year.
Prevalence = number of patients on the specified QOF register, divided by list size, multiplied by100.

TABLE 2: Number of patients on general practice QOF registers for dementia and
other QOF- compatible registers for Dementia, with crude rates per 100 patients by
NHS Board

NHS Board

All practices 1
Number of
practices

List Size 2

Practices with Dementia register data 3
Number of
practices

List Size 2


Patients on
register

Raw prevalence rate 4
(per 100 patients)
NHS Scotland
990
5,550,480
981
5,544,015
41,947
0.8







NHS Ayrshire an