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Dorset local authority · 2024/25

Blood pressure on record

19.7%

GP patients with diagnosed hypertension.

Hypertension: QOF prevalence · Persons, All ages

England: 15.2% · 2024/25 — Higher than England

healthcards · Dorset · 2024/25

What this means

About 73,442 people registered with a GP in Dorset — 19.7% of patients — have diagnosed high blood pressure. Hypertension rarely has symptoms but raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease.

95% confidence interval: 19.6–19.9 %. Source denominator: 372,108 patients registered at GP practices in the area (Persons, All ages); not necessarily residents and not a survey sample.

Fingertips flags Dorset higher than england (99.8% confidence). Register prevalence reflects the age of the population and how hard GPs look — not proof of healthier or unhealthier blood pressure.

Recent observations (Dorset)

  1. 2021/22: 18.2%
  2. 2022/23: 18.7%
  3. 2023/24: 19.1%
  4. 2024/25: 19.7%

These points share an indicator, sex, age and period type. Source-method changes and overlapping pooled periods can limit comparisons; see the caveats.

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Source & provenance

Indicator:
Hypertension: QOF prevalence (ID 219)
Source:
NHS England, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
Area:
Dorset (E06000059), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, All ages

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Caveats

  • Counts only diagnosed cases on GP registers; people with undiagnosed hypertension are missing (see the undiagnosed card).
  • Comparisons are not age-adjusted: younger places tend to show lower register prevalence.
  • QOF recording rules change over time — small trend moves may reflect coding, not health.
  • Patients are assigned by GP practice location, not necessarily residence. The selected local-authority feed is 2024/25; it is not the newer national QOF release.
  • Lower register prevalence is not automatically better — it can mean under-diagnosis. No better/worse ranking shown.

Missing or suppressed values are never shown as zero — every card above passed validation with a real numeric value.