PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Diabetes: Wirral South (19 October 2022)

The following table shows the number of people that were diagnosed with diabetes in Wirral South constituency in each of the calendar years from 2016 to 2020, broken down by diabetes type.

Source: National Diabetes Audit

Notes:

1. A person may have more than 1 diabetes diagnosis within the National Diabetes Audit. In this case, an algorithm is used to derive the best diagnosis date and diabetes type for each person. This is used in the analysis above.
2. Disclosure control has been applied to all figures, as per the National Diabetes Audit publication – all numbers are rounded to the nearest 5, unless the number is 1 to 7, in which case it is rounded to ‘5’.
3. Diabetes type is reported as ‘Type 1’ and ‘Type 2 and other’ within the National Diabetes Audit.
   1. ‘Type 1’ includes where a person is recorded as having Type 1 diabetes in the National Diabetes Audit.
   2. ‘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 National Diabetes Audit.