Dataset: Disability Living Allowance (Cases in Payment)
Field: Main Disabling Condition
Description
Main disabling condition is the main medical reason for the claim. Medical conditions are sourced from information recorded on the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) computer system.
Where more than one condition is present the main disabling condition is reported on.
Prior to May 2011 analysis classified an individual into one of 16 main disabling conditions and three composite main disabling conditions with the remaining conditions being grouped together in an "Other" category. From May 2011 onwards the main disabling conditions are published to the finest breakdown possible. This means that the categories in the "Other" group are now disaggregated and categories previously grouped together as "Mental Health causes", "Back Ailments" and "Deafness" are also now disaggregated.
Please note: Following a review of medical codes some classifications were relabelled to maintain accuracy and coherence:
"Blindness" has been relabelled to read "Visual Disorders and Diseases"
"Deafness" has been relabelled to read "Hearing Disorders"
"Chest Disease" has been relabelled to read "Respiratory Disorders and Diseases"
Classification
Applicable to: all claimants with the following medical conditions:
Arthritis
Spondylosis
Back Pain – Other / Precise Diagnosis not Specified
Disease of The Muscles, Bones or Joints
Trauma to Limbs
Visual Disorders and Diseases
Hearing Disorders
Heart disease
Respiratory Disorders and Diseases
Asthma
Cystic Fibrosis
Cerebrovascular Disease
Peripheral vascular Disease
Epilepsy
Neurological Diseases
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinsons Disease
Motor Neurone Disease
Chronic Pain Syndromes
Diabetes Mellitus
Metabolic Disease
Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
Major Trauma Other than Traumatic Paraplegia/Tetraplegia
Learning Difficulties
Psychosis
Psychoneurosis
Personality Disorder
Dementia
Behavioural Disorder
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Hyperkinetic Syndrome
Renal Disorders
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Bowel and Stomach Disease
Blood Disorders
Haemophilia
Multi System Disorders
Multiple Allergy Syndrome
Skin Disease
Malignant Disease
Severely Mentally impaired
Double Amputee
Deaf/Blind
Haemodialysis
Frailty
Total Parenteral Nutrition
AIDS
Infectious diseases: Viral disease - Coronavirus covid-19
Infectious diseases: Viral disease - precise diagnosis not specified
Infectious diseases: Bacterial disease – Tuberculosis
Infectious diseases: Bacterial disease – precise diagnosis not specified
Infectious diseases: Protozoal disease – Malaria
Infectious diseases: Protozoal disease – other / precise diagnosis not specified
Infectious diseases - other / precise diagnosis not specified
Cognitive disorder - other / precise diagnosis not specified
Terminally Ill
Unknown/Transfer from AA
Total number of categories: 57