Health Conditions

Asthma

• Oldham's latest asthma prevalence of 7.2% is higher than the national average of 6.5%.

• There are 3.17% of people living with cancer in Oldham. This is lower than the average in England of 3.64%.

Cardiovascular disease

• 8,020 people (3.1%) living with coronary heart disease. This is similar to the England rate (3.0%). The prevalence has remained constant over the past 12 years and is identical to the national rate.
• 33,679 people (13.5%) living with hypertension which is lower than the England rate (13.9%). The prevalence has remained constant over the past 10 years and is slightly lower than the national rate.
• 4,517 people (1.8%) have had a stroke. This is the same as the England rate (1.8%).
• 2,062 people (0.79%) living with heart failure. This is lower than the England rate (0.91%).

• Oldham's latest rate of 5.2% is higher than the national average of 4.4%.
• For 2023/24, this means 10,602 people in Oldham had CKD.

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• Latest data (2023/24) reveals that 7,701 people in Oldham are living with Coronary Heart Disease. This represents 2.9% of the population, similar to the national average of 3%. 

• There are 19,344 people in Oldham living with diabetes. This equates to 9.3% of the population, higher than the North West average of 7.8% and the national rate of 7.7%.

• Oldham's latest dementia prevalence amongst those aged 65 and above (4.22%) is higher than the England average of 3.97% (2020).

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• There are 2,657 (1.02%) people living with a severe mental illness like schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses. This is higher than the England average of 0.95%.
• There are 0.7% of people in Oldham living with dementia. This is similar to the England average.
• There are 26,977 people (13.72%) living with depression in Oldham. This is higher than the England average of 12.29% (aged 18+).

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• For 2023/24, Oldham has 5,024 people with stroke or TIA recorded. This is 1.9% of the population. This is equal to the England average.

Screening

• 69.3% of 60-74 year olds have participated in bowel screening within the past 2.5 years. This is lower than the England rate of 72% (2022/23).

• 63.9% of females aged between 53 and 70 have attended breast screening in the last 3 years. This is lower than the England rate of 66.6% (2022/23).

• 67.4% of females aged between 25 and 49 have attended cervical screening in the last 3.5 years. This is similar to the England rate of 67%.
• 74.2% of females aged between 50 and 64 have attended cervical screening in the last 5.5 years. This is similar to the England rate of 74.9%.