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Table 1 Long Term Conditions (LTCs) included in each morbidity measure

From: Long term condition morbidity in English general practice: a cross-sectional study using three composite morbidity measures

Morbidity measure 1 [number of QOF LTCs per 100 registered patients]

(Mean prevalence)a

Morbidity measure 2 [% of patients with one or more QOF LTCs]

Morbidity measure 3 [% of patients with one or more GPPS LTCs]

Coronary Heart Disease (3.29%)

Peripheral arterial disease (0.63%)

Stroke or TIA (1.7%)

Hypertension (14.05%)

Diabetes (5.31%)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (1.89%)

Chronic Kidney Disease (3.26%)

Asthma (5.97%)

Schizophrenia & bipolar affective disorder (0.91%)

Atrial fibrillation (1.59%)

Dementia (5.31%)

Depression (5.72%)

Epilepsy (0.63%)

Heart failure (0.73%)

Learning difficulty (0.46%)

Osteoporosis (0.06%)

Palliative care (0.32%)

Cancer (2.22%)

Rheumatoid arthritis (0.61%)

Obesity (7.61%)

Coronary Heart Disease

Peripheral arterial disease

Stroke or TIA

Hypertension

Diabetes

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

Asthma

Schizophrenia & bipolar affective disorder

Dementia or Alzheimer’s

Angina or long term heart condition

Arthritis or long term joint condition

Asthma or long term chest condition

Blindness or severe visual impairment

Cancer in last 5 years

Deafness or severe hearing impairment

Diabetes

Epilepsy

Hypertension

Kidney or liver disease

Learning difficulty

Long term back problem

Long term mental health problem

Long term neurological problem

  1. aprevalence as a percentage of all registered patients, derived from QOF disease registers