Incidence, prevalence and contact rates (per 1000 population), stratified by socioeconomic status for April 2001 to March 2002
| Deprivation category | Population | Number of patients with AF | Prevalence | Age and sex standardised prevalence | Number of first diagnoses of AF | Incidence | Age and sex standardised incidence | Number of contacts for AF | Contact rate | Age and sex standardised contact rate | Number of contacts per patient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF, atrial fibrillation. | |||||||||||
| 1 (least) | 79 765 | 709 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 60 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 669 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 0.94 |
| 2 | 70 368 | 653 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 74 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 641 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 0.98 |
| 3 | 110 216 | 992 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 113 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1010 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 1.02 |
| 4 | 68 835 | 549 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 59 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 644 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 1.17 |
| 5 (most) | 31 520 | 229 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 29 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 191 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.83 |
| Rate ratio (95% CI) for deprivation category 5 vs 1 | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.95) | 0.82 (0.72 to 0.92) | 1.22 (0.79 to 1.91) | 1.25 (0.74 to 1.76) | 0.72 (0.67 to 0.76) | 0.71 (0.66 to 0.76) | 0.88 (0.82 to 0.94) | ||||
| p Value for trend | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.537 | 0.7 | <0.001 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||||