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Table 2 Practice characteristics and prevalence of cardiovascular disorders.

From: Practice size, caseload, deprivation and quality of care of patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke in primary care: national cross-sectional study

List size

No. of practices

Percent of practices

Percent of patients

Average list size

CHD prevalence

LVD prevalence

Hypertension prevalence

CVA prevalence

0 to 2,999

2058

22.9%

8.1%

2,192

3.6%

0.4%

10.9%

1.5%

3,000 to 4,999

2081

23.2%

14.7%

3,924

3.6%

0.4%

11.4%

1.5%

5,000 to 7,999

2305

25.7%

26.6%

6,402

3.7%

0.5%

11.7%

1.6%

8,000 to 9,999

1101

12.3%

17.8%

8,954

3.8%

0.5%

11.6%

1.6%

> 9,999

1425

15.9%

32.8%

12,793

3.6%

0.4%

11.3%

1.5%

Deprivation score#– Size

        

1 – 0 to 2,999

1,012

11.3%

4.1%

2,240

3.5%

0.4%

10.2%

1.1%

1 – 3,000 to 4,999

887

9.9%

6.2%

3,889

3.5%

0.4%

10.5%

1.2%

1 – 5,000 to 7,999

887

9.9%

10.2%

6,365

3.7%

0.5%

11.0%

1.4%

1 – 8,000 to 9,999

387

4.3%

6.3%

8,976

4.0%

0.5%

11.4%

1.7%

1 – 10,000 or Over

462

5.2%

10.4%

12,545

3.9%

0.5%

11.3%

1.6%

2 – 0 to 2,999

736

8.2%

2.8%

2,120

3.8%

0.5%

11.7%

1.4%

2 – 3,000 to 4,999

745

8.3%

5.3%

3,941

3.8%

0.5%

11.8%

1.5%

2 – 5,000 to 7,999

843

9.4%

9.7%

6,415

3.9%

0.5%

11.8%

1.6%

2 – 8,000 to 9,999

413

4.6%

6.6%

8,917

3.9%

0.5%

11.8%

1.7%

2 – 10,000 or Over

538

6.0%

12.5%

12,922

3.7%

0.5%

11.4%

1.6%

3 – 0 to 2,999

310

3.5%

1.2%

2,204

3.4%

0.4%

11.4%

1.3%

3 – 3,000 to 4,999

448

5.0%

3.2%

3,964

3.3%

0.4%

11.7%

1.4%

3 – 5,000 to 7,999

575

6.4%

6.7%

6,442

3.5%

0.4%

11.8%

1.5%

3 – 8,000 to 9,999

301

3.4%

4.9%

8,976

3.5%

0.4%

11.4%

1.6%

3 – 10,000 or Over

425

4.7%

9.9%

12,900

3.2%

0.4%

11.1%

1.5%

  1. See Table 1 for explanation of abbreviation
  2. #Practices are grouped into three bands according to their deprivation scores 1 deprived 2 intermediate 3 affluent based on area based measures. [13,14]