Guideline 61 - Supporting Material: Female consultation and incidence rates

Guideline 61: Investigation of post-menopausal bleeding - Supporting material

Female consultation and incidence rates

Female consultation and incidence (first only) rates per 1,000 population by age group for all CMR practices in Scotland; years ending March 1997¹, 1998², 1999³ and 2000⁴

	Age group	Estimated female population	Number of consultations	Consultation rate	Number of first diagnoses	Incidence rate
1996/97	50-59	11,500	124	10.8	66	5.7
	60-69	10,272	54	5.3	27	2.6
	70+	13,188	38	2.9	18	1.4
1997/98	50-59	12,543	126	10.0	79	6.3
	60-69	10,583	68	6.4	33	3.1
	70+	13,301	48	3.6	24	1.8
1998/99	50-59	14,572	204	14.0	122	8.4
	60-69	11,955	89	7.4	49	4.1
	70+	15,207	54	3.6	36	2.4
1999/2000	50-59	18,975	272	14.3	158	8.3
	60-69	15,307	143	9.3	72	4.7
	70+	19,408	74	3.8	42	2.2

Scotland: 39 CMR practices (estimated female population 50 years and over: 34,960), source: General Medical Practitioner database, ISD Scotland (as at 1 October 1996)
Scotland: 42 CMR practices (estimated female population 50 years and over: 36,427), source: General Medical Practitioner database, ISD Scotland (as at 1 October 1997)
Scotland: 47 CMR practices (estimated female population 50 years and over: 41,734), source: General Medical Practitioner database, ISD Scotland (as at 1 October 1998)
Scotland: 53 CMR practices (estimated female population 50 years and over: 53,690), source: General Medical Practitioner database, ISD Scotland (as at 1 October 1999)