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
63,611 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Gender: Total	Results reported
10,645	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
6,395	Number	31/03/2021	Gender: Female	Results reported
6,292	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
9,592	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
18,015	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
773	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
8,610	Number	31/03/2021	Gender: Male	Results reported
1,348	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
12,659	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
523	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
18,427	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
66,506 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Age: Total	Results reported
17,237	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
29,398	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
116,006 [t]	Number	31/03/2020	Age: Total	Results reported
35,146	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
15,043 [t]	Number	31/03/2021	Gender: Total	Results reported
6,890	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
2,895	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
20,182	Number	31/03/2022	Gender: Female	Results reported
12,058	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
36,060	Number	31/03/2023	Gender: Male	Results reported
63,611 [t]	Number	31/03/2023	Age: Total	Results reported
18,137	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
16,932	Number	31/03/2023	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
66,506 [t]	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Total	Results reported
28,170	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Female	Results reported
467	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
20,142	Number	31/03/2024	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
27,299	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
38,363	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
116,006 [t]	Number	31/03/2020	Gender: Total	Results reported
49,968	Number	31/03/2020	Gender: Female	Results reported
27,541	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
28,117	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
24,817	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
24,429	Number	31/03/2020	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
15,043 [t]	Number	31/03/2021	Age: Total	Results reported
446	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
65,084	Number	31/03/2018	Gender: Male	Results reported
3,464	Number	31/03/2021	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
27,212	Number	31/03/2022	Gender: Male	Results reported
114,327 [t]	Number	31/03/2018	Age: Total	Results reported
47,410 [t]	Number	31/03/2022	Age: Total	Results reported
15,738	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
125,095 [t]	Number	31/03/2019	Gender: Total	Results reported
611	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
17,260	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
27,521	Number	31/03/2023	Gender: Female	Results reported
47,799	Number	31/03/2014	Gender: Female	Results reported
71,380	Number	31/03/2019	Gender: Male	Results reported
969	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
119,623 [t]	Number	31/03/2015	Gender: Total	Results reported
63,578	Number	31/03/2014	Gender: Male	Results reported
36,269	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
53,414	Number	31/03/2019	Gender: Female	Results reported
38,317	Number	31/03/2024	Gender: Male	Results reported
125,095 [t]	Number	31/03/2019	Age: Total	Results reported
66,418	Number	31/03/2015	Gender: Male	Results reported
30,801	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
34,201	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
115,344 [t]	Number	31/03/2014	Gender: Total	Results reported
114,327 [t]	Number	31/03/2018	Gender: Total	Results reported
29,424	Number	31/03/2019	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
49,862	Number	31/03/2015	Gender: Female	Results reported
36,144	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
36,149	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
53,275	Number	31/03/2016	Gender: Female	Results reported
65,752	Number	31/03/2020	Gender: Male	Results reported
41,065	Number	31/03/2017	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
119,623 [t]	Number	31/03/2015	Age: Total	Results reported
32,238	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
21,689	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
115,344 [t]	Number	31/03/2014	Age: Total	Results reported
126,513 [t]	Number	31/03/2016	Age: Total	Results reported
20,312	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
819	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
139,264 [t]	Number	31/03/2017	Gender: Total	Results reported
30,637	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
139,264 [t]	Number	31/03/2017	Age: Total	Results reported
33,553	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
126,513 [t]	Number	31/03/2016	Gender: Total	Results reported
31,023	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
32,858	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
48,841	Number	31/03/2018	Gender: Female	Results reported
79,069	Number	31/03/2017	Gender: Male	Results reported
47,410 [t]	Number	31/03/2022	Gender: Total	Results reported
921	Number	31/03/2016	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
33,226	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 60-69 years	Results reported
833	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
32,321	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 20-59 years	Results reported
663	Number	31/03/2022	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
59,201	Number	31/03/2017	Gender: Female	Results reported
70,739	Number	31/03/2016	Gender: Male	Results reported
34,217	Number	31/03/2015	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
18,599	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 80 years or over	Results reported
33,276	Number	31/03/2018	Age: 70-79 years	Results reported
848	Number	31/03/2014	Age: 19 years and under	Results reported
63,814 [t]	Number	31/03/2025	Gender: Total	Results reported

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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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