Effect on Lanarkshire
According to the General Registrar's Office (GRO) population estimates at June 2002, we estimate that over 40,000 people in Lanarkshire have symptomatic vascular disease.
This was calculated as follows:
• Intermittent Claudication (muscle pain on exercise/walking that goes away on rest). About 4.5% of the population aged 55 to 74 years have intermittent claudication. This equates to 4,921 people in Lanarkshire. A small number of these people (1-2%) will go on to lose a limb if their claudication gets much worse (constant pain).You can find more on our claudication page.
• Carotid Artery Disease (narrowing of the main artery leading to the brain). About 9% of men over 50 and about 7% of women over 50 have carotid artery disease. This equates to 14,117 people in Lanarkshire. You can find out more on our carotid page.
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (when the wall of an artery is stretched and balloons out). About 2% of men aged 65 to 84 years have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (it is more common in men than women). This equates to 417 people in Lanarkshire. You can find out more on our aneurysm page.
• Varicose Veins. The more severe forms of varicose veins affect approximately 5% of the adult population. This equates to 22,501 people in Lanarkshire. You can find out more on our varicose veins page.