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
[z]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
2.2	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Urgent referrals
10.7	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
0.5	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
9.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
16,314	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
51.0 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	No retinopathy
50.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Any retinopathy
1.5 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Urgent referrals
26.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Any retinopathy
51.2	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	No retinopathy
48.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Any retinopathy
49.7	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
1.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
955	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
1.5 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Urgent referrals
10.4 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
49.4	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	No retinopathy
53.2	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	No retinopathy
1.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
10.4 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
74.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	No retinopathy
49.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Any retinopathy
1.5	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Urgent referrals
10.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
51.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	No retinopathy
0.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
1.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
50.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
12.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
1,970	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
3,995	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Any retinopathy
86	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
27,372 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Any retinopathy
12,668	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	No retinopathy
49.0 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Any retinopathy
1.5 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
1.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Urgent referrals
8,725	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Any retinopathy
1.3	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Urgent referrals
46.8	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Any retinopathy
10.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
51.0 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: Total	No retinopathy
49.0 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Any retinopathy
1.5 [t]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
[z]	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Urgent referrals
7,346	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Any retinopathy
51.0	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	No retinopathy
11.1	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
2.2	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
7,694	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	No retinopathy
48.8	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Any retinopathy
1.5	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
0.9	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Urgent referrals
17,684	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
138	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
230	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
1,515	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
138	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Urgent referrals
1,369	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
7,205	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	Any retinopathy
7,530	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 70-79 years	No retinopathy
843 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
11,132	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Any retinopathy
86	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Urgent referrals
3,941	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	No retinopathy
63,814 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Results reported
5,811 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
844 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Urgent referrals
28,526 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	No retinopathy
36,477	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Results reported
16,229	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Any retinopathy
15,853	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	No retinopathy
528	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Urgent referrals
3,442	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
316	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Urgent referrals
27,321	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Results reported
528	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
315	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
5,811 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
2,369	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Female	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
1.6	Percentage of results reported	31/03/2025	Gender: Male	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
63,814 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Results reported
27,372 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Any retinopathy
28,526 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	No retinopathy
844 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Urgent referrals
287	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	No retinopathy
9,074	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	No retinopathy
397	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
843 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Age: Total	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
101	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Any retinopathy
390	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Urgent referrals
18,436	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
2	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 19 years and under	Sight threatening retinopathy/maculopathy
389	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 20-59 years	Severe retinopathy/maculopathy
230	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 60-69 years	Urgent referrals
10,983	Number	31/03/2025	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
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
9,451	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	No 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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