November 2023
New data point has been added for the following indicator:
- Smoking prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (APS)
May 2023
The following indicators have been revised and updated:
The following indicators have been updated:
March 2023
The following indicators have been updated:
- % reporting a long term musculoskeletal (MSK) problem
- % reporting at least 2 long term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related
- Odds ratio of reporting a mental health condition among people with and without an MSK condition
Details of the release can be found in the statistical commentary.
December 2022
New data points have been added for the following indicators:
- QOF prevalence: osteoporosis (50+)
- QOF prevalence: rheumatoid arthritis (16+)
- Smoking prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (GPPS)
August 2022
The Risk factors topic has been updated with a new indicator:
- Percentage of adults (aged 18+) classified as obese
New data point has been added for the following indicator:
- Smoking prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (GPPS)
May 2022
The following indicators have been revised and updated:
- % reporting a long term musculoskeletal (MSK) problem
- % reporting at least 2 long term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related
A new indicator has been added:
- Odds ratio of reporting a mental health condition among people with and without an MSK condition
Musculoskeletal Statistical Commentary
February 2022
New data point has been added for 2020/21 for the following indicator:
November 2021
New data points have been added for 2020/21 for the following indicators:
- QOF prevalence: osteoporosis (50+)
- QOF prevalence: rheumatoid arthritis (16+)
May 2021
New data point has been added for 2019/20 for the following indicators:
- Percentage of adults (aged 18+) classified as overweight or obese
- Percentage of physically inactive adults
- Percentage of physically active adults
The data for indicators 'Percentage reporting a long term Musculoskeletal (MSK) problem' and '% reporting at least two long-term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related' has been revised to reflect changes in the GPPS questionnaire, which changed the basis population from 18+ to 16+.
March 2021
New data point has been added for 2019/20 for the following indicator:
- Smoking prevalence in adults (18+) - current smokers (GPPS)
February 2021
New data point has been added for 2019/20 for the following indicator:
- Hip fractures in people aged 65 and over
January 2021
New data points have been added for 2020 for the following indicators:
- Percentage reporting at least two long-term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related
99.8% confidence intervals have been added for the following indicators and are available from the data download:
- Percentage of adults (aged 18+) classified as overweight or obese
- Percentage of physically active adults
Correction notice: An error was identified for % reporting a long term musculoskeletal (MSK) problem and % reporting at least 2 long term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related. The data for both indicators has been corrected for years 2018 and 2019. More details can be found in the latest statistical commentary.
December 2020
New data points have been added for 2019/20 for the following indicators:
- QOF prevalence: osteoporosis (50+)
- QOF prevalence: rheumatoid arthritis (16+)
- Percentage reporting a long term Musculoskeletal (MSK) problem
Correction notice: An error was identified for % reporting a long term musculoskeletal (MSK) problem and % reporting at least 2 long term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related. % reporting a long term musculoskeletal (MSK) problem has been corrected for years 2018 and 2019. The data for the indicator % reporting at least 2 long term conditions at least one of which is MSK related, has been removed and will be updated in due course. More details can be found in the latest statistical commentary.
May 2020
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) classified as overweight or obese, percentage of physically inactive adults and percentage of active adults indicators have been updated with data from 2018/19.
February 2020
Hip fractures in aged 65 and over was updated with new data for 2018/19.
Note: An error was identified for indicators based on hospital episode statistics (HES) data which gave misleading results for areas within the South East region and East Sussex. Affected areas have been suppressed or flagged to be treated with caution. Full details can be found in the caveats section of the descriptive metadata for each affected indicator.
December 2019
5 indicators have been updated with data from 2018/19 - % reporting a long term Musculoskeletal (MSK) problem, % reporting at least 2 long term conditions, at least one of which is MSK related, QOF prevalence: osteoporosis (50+), QOF prevalence: rheumatoid arthritis (16+) and smoking prevalence - current smokers (GPPS)
A list of changes made to the profiles in each update from April 2018 can be found here.
July 2019
Smoking prevalence data for 2018 calculated using the Annual Population Survey has been added. Confidence intervals have been updated for % reporting at least two long term conditions, at least one of which one is MSK related.
June 2019
Confidence intervals have been updated for % reporting a long term MSK problem.
May 2019
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) classified as overweight or obese, percentage of physically inactive adults and percentage of physically active adults indicators have been updated with 2017/18 data.
February 2019
Data for 2017/18 has been added to the hip fractures in people aged 65 and over indicator.
December 2018
A new indicator has been added to the tool - percentage reporting at least two long term conditions, at least one of which one is MSK related, with data for 2014/15 to 2017/18. Four indicators have been updated with data points for 2017/18 - % reporting a long term MSK problem, QOF prevalence: osteoporosis (50+), QOF prevalence: rheumatoid arthritis (16+) and smoking prevalence - current smokers (GPPS).
July 2018
Smoking prevalence data for 2017 calculated using the Annual Population Survey has been added. A correction has been applied (09/07/2018) to the count for 'smoking prevalence in adults - current smokers (APS)' in 2017 for counties.
June 2018
Four new indicators have been added to the tool - % reporting a long term MSK problem, % reporting anxiety or depression, % reporting a long term MSK problem who also report anxiety or depression and average health related quality of life score for adults who reported having a long term MSK condition. Four indicators have been updated with data points for 2016/17- osteoporosis: QOF prevalence, rheumatoid arthritis: QOF prevalence (16+), % reporting a long term back problem and % reporting a long term joint problem.
April 2018
Percentage of physically active adults - current method and percentage of physically inactive adults - current methods have a new data point for 2016/17 and a revised data point for 2015/16.
February 2018
Smoking prevalence in adults has been calculated from the GP Patient Survey (GPPS) for 2016/17 and hip fractures in people aged 65+ has also been updated for 2016/17.
November 2017
The Musculoskeletal Diseases Profile was launched in November 2017.
