Director of Public Health Annual Report 2012 [pdf] - Stoke-on-Trent ...

Number
Living with Long-term Conditions in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent
General Practice (GP) data has been used to look at the numbers <strong>of</strong> people living with LTCs
in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent. The following 13 long-term conditions have been used: atrial fibrillation,
asthma, cancer, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, diabetes, epilepsy, heart failure, hypertension, hyperthyroidism, stroke
and schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses, categorised under the heading
metal health. Around 63,200 people in the city were estimated to have a LTC in <strong>2012</strong>, which
equates to nearly one in three (approximately 31.5%) <strong>of</strong> the adult population (aged 16 and
over). These 63,200 people had a total <strong>of</strong> nearly 104,000 multiple LTCs (figure 12). The
most common LTC recorded was hypertension (around 33,000 people).
Figure 12 Number <strong>of</strong> long-term conditions in <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent in <strong>2012</strong>
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
* COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
5,000
0
Source: NHS <strong>Stoke</strong>-on-Trent <strong>2012</strong>
Long term condition
Of the 63,200 people with a LTC in the city, around 37,500 had one LTC (59.3% <strong>of</strong> the total),
15,700 (24.8%) had two LTCs, and 10,000 (15.9%) had three or more LTCs (figure 13). A
small number <strong>of</strong> people were found to have as many as nine long-term conditions which was
the highest multiple <strong>of</strong> LTCs found.
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