Diabetes
(asked on 23rd October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have lost their sight as a result of diabetes in each of the last five years.
The Public Health Outcomes Framework launched in 2012 includes an indicator on preventable sight loss which tracks sight loss due to the three main causes: age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Data has been published for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 and the number of people aged 12 years and above who lost their eye sight from diabetes is shown in the following table.
A sight loss indicator per 100,000 people for England for each of the three years is also included. The source of the data is Public Health England’s outcomes website and the links to the data are below the table.
Indicator | Year | Indicator value per 100,000 population | Number of people who lost their eye sight from diabetes |
4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease | 2010-11 | 3.6 | 1,611 |
4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease | 2011-12 | 3.8 | 1,755 |
4.12iii - Preventable sight loss - diabetic eye disease | 2012-13 | 3.5 | 1,592 |
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