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Endometriosis diagnosis rates

Questions

1. The number of women who have been diagnosed with Endometriosis between 2019 to 2023 (i.e. 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
2. Of these number of women diagnosed with Endometriosis, how many are (using the NHS Directory for Ethnic Categories):
3. The number of female patients who have been issued/received referrals for gynaecological care at any of the local hospitals under your NHS Trust.
4. The number of female patients awaiting a referral appointment (i.e. are still on the waiting list) for any hospital/specialist centre (whichever is applicable) under your NHS Trust for gynaecological care.

Response

1. Year	No. of Patient (Women)
   2023	798
   2022	726
   2021	733
   2020	664
   2019	793

   
   
   

2. Ethnic Categories	No. of Patient (Women)
   White British	2,110
   White Irish	20
   White – Any other White background	86
   Mixed – White and Black Caribbean	47
   Mixed – White and Black African	5
   Mixed – White and Asian	10
   Mixed – Any other mixed background	25
   Asian or Asian British – Indian	96
   Asian or Asian British – Pakistani	374
   Asian or Asian British – Bangladeshi	47
   Asian or Asian British – Any other Asian background	69
   Black or Black British – Caribbean	82
   Black or Black British – African	37
   Black or Black British – Any other Black Background	26
   Other Ethnic Groups – Chinese	10
   Other Ethnic Group – Any other ethnic group	84
   Not stated	211
   Not known	347
   Null	28

   
   
   
   

3. Year	No. of Patient Referred (Women)
   2023	22,622
   2022	22,929
   2021	22,172
   2020	18,648
   2019	22,251

4. 6,034 female patients.