Diabetic retinopathy screening outcomes by patient characteristics

Standard shorthand is used in this table: [t] = total, [z] = not applicable.

Data values	Data description	Date	Characteristics	Outcome
1,152	Number	31/03/2023	Gender: Female	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
117	Number	31/03/2023	Gender: Female	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
63,611 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Results reported
335 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Urgent referrals
45,148 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	No retinopathy
14,424 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Any retinopathy
2,713 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
335 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
523	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
451	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 19 years and under	No retinopathy
64	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 19 years and under	Any retinopathy
3	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 19 years and under	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
18,137	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
160	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Urgent referrals
13,036	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	No retinopathy
4,758	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Any retinopathy
990	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
160	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
16,932	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
61	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Urgent referrals
12,456	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	No retinopathy
3,802	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Any retinopathy
664	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
61	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
18,427	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
68	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Urgent referrals
13,237	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	No retinopathy
3,721	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Any retinopathy
601	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
68	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
9,592	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
46	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
5,968	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
2,079	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
455	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
46	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
66,506 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Results reported
723 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Urgent referrals
35,150 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	No retinopathy
24,475 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Any retinopathy
5,356 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
722 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
38,317	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Results reported
467	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Urgent referrals
19,643	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	No retinopathy
14,758	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Any retinopathy
3,198	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
467	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
28,170	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Results reported
255	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Urgent referrals
15,496	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	No retinopathy
9,711	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Any retinopathy
2,157	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
254	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
66,506 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Results reported
723 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Urgent referrals
35,150 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	No retinopathy
24,475 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Any retinopathy
5,356 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
722 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
467	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
381	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 19 years and under	No retinopathy
77	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 19 years and under	Any retinopathy
4	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 19 years and under	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
20,142	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
374	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Urgent referrals
11,088	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	No retinopathy
8,525	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Any retinopathy
2,123	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
373	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
17,237	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
158	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Urgent referrals
9,552	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	No retinopathy
6,441	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Any retinopathy
1,288	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
158	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
18,015	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
117	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Urgent referrals
9,451	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	No retinopathy
6,056	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Any retinopathy
1,126	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
117	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
10,645	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
74	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
4,678	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
3,376	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
815	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
74	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
63,814 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Results reported
844 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Urgent referrals
28,526 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	No retinopathy
27,372 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Any retinopathy
5,811 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
843 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
36,477	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Results reported
528	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Urgent referrals
15,853	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	No retinopathy
16,229	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Any retinopathy
3,442	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
528	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy

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Main information

• Most recent update: 30 September 2025
• Next update expected: September 2026
• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider: Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW)
• Data source: No specific source from data provider
• Time period covered: March 2014 to March 2025

Data notes

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This dataset shows the outcomes from Diabetic Eye Screening Wales (DESW) screenings, broken down by patient characteristics such as sex and age group, and by financial year. It provides insight into how screening results vary across different population groups and over time.

• Data collection or calculation:

  Aggregated counts of patients are derived from patient records and used as information to manage the DESW and have been provided for this statistical release. No data relating to individual patients has been transferred in this process. When a patient is diagnosed with diabetes by a GP, a referral is sent to DESW and the patient is registered and invited for screening. Screening is carried out in a mobile unit or healthcare sites. Patient information, including retinal images, is stored on the DESW database. DESW validates the database monthly against the Welsh Demographic Service to ensure that it is aligned with living Welsh residents. Total counts are also routinely validated against GP diabetes disease registers. The different outcomes in the dataset are determined by the ‘worst grade’ code assigned at each diabetic eye screening. This code identifies the extent of retinopathy. All screenings, including those with unreported outcomes, are included in the total ‘results reported’. The number of screenings resulting in each outcome is broken down by age group and gender, and the percentage of each outcome within these groups is also calculated.

• Statistical quality:

  For some years, all screenings with severe retinopathy/maculopathy were urgently referred to hospital eye services and so the numbers for both categories are the same. Note that there are small amounts of missing data within some fields of the DESW statistics. Percentages are calculated of records with stated values. The outcomes of a number of screenings were ungradeable in each year (usually between 2,000 and 3,000). On 1 April 2019, health service responsibility for Bridgend residents moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. Health board names also changed: Cwm Taf became Cwm Taf Morgannwg, and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg became Swansea Bay. See the weblinks section for official statements.

• Related reports:
  • Eye Care Statistics
  • Quality Report

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Metadata

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