Asthma - number of consultations

The chart below shows the estimated numbers of consultations in Scotland for asthma for the four financial years 2003/04 to 2006/07, by staff discipline. Figures are standardised by age, gender 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 asthma after three years of increasing has slightly decreased in 2006/07. Most of the contacts for asthma were with the practice nurse, reflecting the fact that routine monitoring of asthma is increasingly carried out by practice nurses. The number of GP contacts for this asthma have decreased for the last three years.

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

Asthma¹ - 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) 'Asthma'.
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 - Asthma
Excel table giving patient and contact estimates by age and gender for 2003/04 to 2006/07  (47KB)
Asthma - number of patients(chart)