Related ISD Websites
Information on cerebrovascular disease and stroke is also published elsewhere on ISD's web site.
You may find the following of interest:
General Practice - Quality & Outcomes Framework (QOF)
QOF includes disease registers for a variety of CHD related conditions e.g. hypertension, and this information may be used, for example, to estimate the prevalence of cerebrovascular disease diagnoses.
Information on 30-day mortality following emergency admission with stroke.
This analysis has not been updated since its publication in July 2009. However, the topic is being considered for update as part of ISD's Quality Improvement Programme's new developments which includes the development of Medical Profiles.
The Heart Disease & Stroke Programme also publishes analogous information, including deprivation, hospitalisations and mortality, on patients with coronary heart disease.
