Vitamin D Test Results

Summary

The Department of Health and Social Care provided a comprehensive summary of Vitamin D test results from Noble's Hospital for the period January 2013 to September 2018, categorized by both the requester's specified ranges and the hospital's standard British Endocrinology Society ranges.

Key Facts

• The data covers Vitamin D tests performed at Noble's Hospital from January 2013 to September 2018.
• Results are presented quarterly, showing both raw counts and percentages for different deficiency levels.
• The authority provided data using two different classification systems to ensure comprehensiveness.
• The total number of tests reported varied significantly by quarter, ranging from 781 to 1751.
• The request was received on 26 October 2018 and fully answered on 2 November 2018.

Data Disclosed

• January 2013
• September 2018
• 26 October 2018
• 2 November 2018
• 798
• 1751
• < 25 nmol/L
• 25-50 nmol/L
• 50-150 nmol/L
• > 150 nmol/L
• < 50 nmol/L
• 50-75 nmol/L
• 75-250 nmol/L
• > 250 nmol/L
• 638065

Original Request

Please provide a summary of all vitamin D test results by month (or calendar quarter) for the last 5 years, categorised as follows - Deficient (< 25 nmol/L), Insufficient (25-50 nmol/L), Sufficient (50-150 nmol/L) and High (> 150 nmol/L).

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Vitamin D levels performed at Noble's Hospital for the period January 2013 ‐ September 2018 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 Noble's Ranges Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Deficient <50 467 544 220 401 585 421 369 415 620 505 295 406 709 706 613 712 745 661 369 546 640 502 209 Insufficient 50‐75 206 260 318 220 239 324 418 315 289 350 388 362 411 515 699 552 461 534 661 562 388 466 377 Sufficient 75‐250 121 177 304 159 103 210 236 121 130 206 273 272 232 298 439 376 347 382 438 423 290 374 506 High

250 4 2 0 1 0 1 7 0 4 5 2 2 2 5 2 3 5 3 2 1 2 1 4 Requested Ranges Deficient <25 121 142 16 81 160 87 40 70 169 103 41 61 174 150 71 132 205 136 32 76 147 88 26 Insufficient 25‐50 346 402 204 320 425 336 329 345 451 402 254 345 535 556 542 580 540 525 337 470 493 414 183 Sufficient 50‐150 323 433 609 374 336 527 646 430 411 545 643 622 635 807 1120 911 794 898 1084 978 670 822 870 High 150 8 6 13 6 6 6 15 6 12 16 20 14 10 11 18 20 19 21 17 8 10 19 17 Total Tests Reported 798 983 842 781 927 956 1030 851 1043 1066 958 1042 1354 1524 1751 1643 1558 1580 1470 1532 1320 1343 1096 Percentages 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 Noble's Ranges Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Deficient <50 58.5 55.3 26.1 51.3 63.1 44.0 35.8 48.8 59.4 47.4 30.8 39.0 52.4 46.3 35.0 43.3 47.8 41.8 25.1 35.6 48.5 37.4 19.1 Insufficient 50‐75 25.8 26.4 37.8 28.2 25.8 33.9 40.6 37.0 27.7 32.8 40.5 34.7 30.4 33.8 39.9 33.6 29.6 33.8 45.0 36.7 29.4 34.7 34.4 Sufficient 75‐250 15.2 18.0 36.1 20.4 11.1 22.0 22.9 14.2 12.5 19.3 28.5 26.1 17.1 19.6 25.1 22.9 22.3 24.2 29.8 27.6 22.0 27.8 46.2 High 250 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 Requested Ranges Deficient <25 15.2 14.4 1.9 10.4 17.3 9.1 3.9 8.2 16.2 9.7 4.3 5.9 12.9 9.8 4.1 8.0 13.2 8.6 2.2 5.0 11.1 6.6 2.4 Insufficient 25‐50 43.4 40.9 24.2 41.0 45.8 35.1 31.9 40.5 43.2 37.7 26.5 33.1 39.5 36.5 31.0 35.3 34.7 33.2 22.9 30.7 37.3 30.8 16.7 Sufficient 50‐150 40.5 44.0 72.3 47.9 36.2 55.1 62.7 50.5 39.4 51.1 67.1 59.7 46.9 53.0 64.0 55.4 51.0 56.8 73.7 63.8 50.8 61.2 79.4 High 150 1.0 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.5 0.7 1.2 1.5 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6

Chief Executive: Malcolm Couch Freedom of Information Team DHSC Digital Cronk Coar Strang IM4 4RJ

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Our ref: 638065 30th October 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 26th October 2018, which states:

Please provide a summary of all vitamin D test results by month (or calendar quarter) for the last 5 years, categorised as follows: - Deficient ( < 25 nmol/L), - Insufficient (25-50 nmol/L), - Sufficient (50-150 nmol/L) and - High (> 150 nmol/L).

Our response to your request is as follows: The requested information is attached to this response. Please note that the categories that you have requested the information to be displayed in differ from those collected by Nobles Hospital. Nobles use the ranges set out by the British Endocrinology Society. For comprehensiveness, the data has been exported to include both sets of ranges.

Please quote the reference number 638065 in any future communications.

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