Publication, Part of Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities
Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities Experimental Statistics 2020 to 2021
Experimental statistics, Other reports and statistics, Official statistics in development
Data Coverage
Data on people with and without learning disabilities was collected from an average of 58% of GP practices in England for the years 2016-17 to 2020-21, to identify potential differences in treatment, health status and outcomes of people with learning disabilities compared to the rest of the population.
Patient coverage
56.0% of patients registered in England in 2020-21 were included in this publication compared to 60.1% in 2016-17.
Prevalence of patients with a learning disability
Overall, 0.5% (170,894) of the patients included in this publication were listed on their GP practices Learning Disabilities Register in 2020-21.
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