OPCS Morbidity Statistics from General Practice
- Abstract
- The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (now part of the Office for National Statistics), jointly with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Department of Health, conducted the fourth of a series of studies of Morbidity Statistics from General Practice in 1991-92. The study examines the pattern of disease seen by GPs by the age, sex and socio-economic characteristics of patients. Data are available for three main regions: the North, the Midlands and Wales and the South.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Morbidity, general practice
- Variables
- *Age/date of birth *Ethnic group *Marital status *Sex *Employment status *Tenure of housing *Smoking *Economic position *Occupation *Social class (derived from occupation) *Cohabiting status *Urban/rural indicator
- Keywords
- Ethnicity, marital status, employment status, tenure of housing, smoking, economic position, occupation, social class, cohabiting status
- Identifier Variables
- N/A
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Demographics
- Area of Health System
- Primary care
- Data collecting organization (s)
- OPCS (ONS)
- Data Type
- Survey (cross-sectional)
- National/Regional
- Regional
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 1991, 1992
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate, Individual
- Sample
- 60 General Practices in England and Wales with half a million patients
- Availability
- ONS
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.statistics.gov.uk/[…]/Source.asp?vlnk=403&More=Y
- Contact
- Tel: +44(0)02075335244, msgp@ons.gov.uk
- Publications
- Jenkins R, et al. The National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys of Great Britain – strategy and methods. Psychological Medicine 1997; 27: 765-774