Rates per 1000 population for incidence, prevalence, and contacts of patients with heart failure in primary care, stratified by socioeconomic status


Prevalence

Incidence

Contacts

Annual contacts per patient

Estimated mean survival (years)*

Deprivation category

Sample size

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

Crude

Adjusted

1 (most affluent)

70 961

6.3

6.4

1.8

1.8

16.8

17.1

2.6

3.5

2

66 633

7.5

7.4

1.7

1.6

20.0

19.6

2.7

4.4

3

93 258

7.3

7.5

1.9

1.9

17.5

19.6

2.4

3.8

4

34 627

7.3

7.5

2.6

2.7

16.6

17.9

2.3

2.8

5 (most deprived)

28 633

6.7

7.2

2.4

2.6

13.4

14.3

2.0

2.8

Odds ratio between categories 5 and 1



1.06

1.13

1.33

1.44

0.80

0.84

0.77

0.80

P for trend



0.27

0.06

0.002

0.0003

<0.001

0.07

<0.001

<0.001

Adjusted rates are age and sex standardised to distribution found in entire continuous morbidity recording practice population.

* Crude prevalence divided by crude incidence.