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Luton local authority · 2024/25

Diabetes on record

10.7%

GP patients with diagnosed diabetes.

Diabetes: QOF prevalence · Persons, 17+ yrs

England: 7.9% · 2024/25 — Higher than England

healthcards · Luton · 2024/25

What this means

About 24,161 people registered with a GP in Luton — 10.7% of patients aged 17 and over — have diagnosed diabetes. Most is type 2, which is closely tied to age, weight and family history.

95% confidence interval: 10.5–10.8 %. Source denominator: 226,567 patients registered at GP practices in the area (Persons, 17+ yrs); not necessarily residents and not a survey sample.

Fingertips flags Luton higher than england (99.8% confidence). Register prevalence reflects population age and how thoroughly GPs test — not a health ranking.

Recent observations (Luton)

  1. 2021/22: 8.9%
  2. 2022/23: 9.6%
  3. 2023/24: 10%
  4. 2024/25: 10.7%

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:
Diabetes: QOF prevalence (ID 241)
Source:
NHS England, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
Area:
Luton (E06000032), Upper-tier local authority (post Apr 2023)
Period:
2024/25; retrieved 2026-10-13 (distinct from reporting period)
Population:
Persons, 17+ yrs

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Caveats

  • Includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes; it is not a type-2-only register. Undiagnosed cases are missing.
  • 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.

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