Table 3

Differences between lowest and highest deprived LLTI deciles for QOF prevalence rates for

England: Prevalence rates based on
practice postcode
 Scotland: Prevalence rates based on
practice postcode
 Scotland: Prevalence rates based on
practice population

Lowest
LLTI
decile
 Highest
LLTI
decile
 Difference
 Lowest
LLTI
decile
 Highest
LLTI
decile
 Difference
 Lowest
LLTI
decile
 Highest
LLTI
decile
 Difference
CHD
 3.2
 3.8
 0.6 [<0.001]
 4.0
 4.9
 0.9 [<0.001]
 3.5
 5.1
 1.6 [<0.001]
Diabetes
 2.8
 4.0
 1.2 [<0.001]
 3.1
 3.4
 0.3 [<0.001]
 2.6
 3.7
 1.1 [<0.001]
Stroke
 1.5
 1.6
 0.0 [0.84]
 1.7
 2.0
 0.3 [0.01]
 1.7
 2.0
 0.3 [0.01]
Hypertension
 11.4
 11.2
 -0.2 [0.36]
 11.1
 11.9
 0.8 [0.09]
 10.9
 12.1
 1.2 [0.04]
COPD
 1.2
 1.4
 0.1 [0.04]
 1.3
 2.4
 1.1 [<0.001]
 0.9
 3.1
 2.2 [<0.001]
Asthma
 5.7
 5.7
 -0.1 [0.91]
 5.2
 5.4
 0.2 [0.12]
 5.1
 5.5
 0.4 [0.03]
Cancer
 0.7
 0.6
 -0.1 [<0.001]
 0.7
 0.6
 -0.1 [0.35]
 0.7
 0.6
 -0.1 [0.04]
MH
 0.7
 0.7
 0.1 [<0.001]
 0.5
 0.6
 0.1 [0.19]
 0.5
 0.7
 0.2 [<0.001]
Thyroid
 2.3
 2.1
 -0.2 [<0.001]
 2.8
 2.6
 -0.2 [<0.001]
 2.8
 2.4
 -0.4 [<0.001]
Epilepsy
 0.7
 0.6
 0.0 [0.91]
 0.6
 0.8
 0.2 [<0.001]
 0.5
 0.9
 0.4 [<0.001]

practice and population assigned data

McLean et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:37   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-37