Written question asked by Rachel Hopkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 October 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 31 October 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Monday, 7 November 2022 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Diabetes: Luton South

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Luton South constituency in each of the last five years.

Answer

The following table shows the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Luton South constituency in each year from 2016 to 2020, by diabetes type.

Source: National Diabetes Audit (NDA)

Notes:

A person may have more than one diabetes diagnosis within the NDA. In this case, an algorithm is used to derive the best diagnosis date and diabetes type for each person.
Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the NDA publication – all numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, unless the number is 1 to 7, in which case it is rounded to ‘5’.
Diabetes type is reported as ‘type 1’ and ‘type 2 and other’ within the NDA. ‘Type 1’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 1 diabetes in the NDA. ‘Type 2 and other’ includes where a person is recorded as having type 2 diabetes, Maturity-onset Diabetes of the Young, other or non-specified diabetes in the NDA.

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