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
0.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
69.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
74	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
3.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
0.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
0.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
9,592	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
815	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
955	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
30.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
1.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
5.7	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
69.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
0.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
60	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
60	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
46	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
3,376	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
10,983	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
3,995	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
68.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
70.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
28.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
0.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
71.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
29.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
1.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
299	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
6.2	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
21	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
575	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
6,292	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
2,341	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
683	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
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
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
15,172	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
461	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
1,395	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
3,941	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
86	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
0.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
31.7	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
0.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
222	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
71.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
3.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
12,194	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
5,662	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
373	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
47	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
181	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
16,679	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
56	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
587	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
5,745	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
30.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
6,814	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
102	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
1,336	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
5,921	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
8,548	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
17,260	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
20,312	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
19,532	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
2,517	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
104	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
29,398	Number	31/03/2019	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
102	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
1,612	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
14,916	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
10,645	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
206	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
21,689	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
753	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
11,440	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
79	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
24,429	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
222	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
7,275	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
75	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
86	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
1,023	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
21	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
152	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
4,997	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
1,348	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
62	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
2.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
0.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
13,404	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
24,817	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
18,599	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
1.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
157	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
30.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy

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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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