Angina - number of consultations

The chart below shows the estimated numbers of consultations in Scotland for angina for the four financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07, by staff discipline. Figures are standardised by age, sex and deprivation to account for any differences in these characteristics between the PTI sample population and the Scottish practice population.

The chart shows that the estimated number of contacts for angina has decreased considerably over the last three to four years. This may be a result of recent changes in the definitions of acute coronary syndromes, improvements in treatments and risk factor levels or changes in the natural history of ischaemic heart disease. It may also be the case that as a result of angina becoming a QOF condition, clinicians have become more precise in their coding; if patients with suspected angina used to be coded as having angina, now they would only get an angina code once the diagnosis has been confirmed.

These figures and comparable figures for 2003/04 to 2005/06 are also provided in tabular format in an Excel document   (21KB).

Angina ¹ - estimated number of consultations in Scotland in the financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07 ^{2, 3} 
by staff discipline

* Health visitor and district nurse data are not available for the financial year 2006/07.
¹ Based on ISD's Read Code Grouping (RCG) 'Angina'.
² Based on 45, 44, 44 and 45 PTI practices that submitted complete data for the years ending 31 March 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. Figures are standardised by age, gender and deprivation.
³ Population source: Community Health Index (CHI) record, as at 30 September 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Note: Following a substantial review of PTI data and subsequent revisions to the methodology for all PTI analyses, direct comparisons with figures produced prior to 27th March 2007 are not valid.  See the  Note of Revisions for further information.

Source: Practice Team Information (PTI), ISD Scotland (last updated 25 March 2008)

Related information - Angina
Excel table giving patient and contact estimates by age and gender for 2003/04 to 2006/07   (42KB)
Angina - number of patients(chart)