Annual number of adult patients with a wound and prevalence of different wound types in the UK
| Annual number of patients with a wound in 2017/2018 | Annual prevalence among the adult UK population in 2017/2018 | Annual number of patients with a wound in 2012/20131 | Percentage change in the annual number of patients with a wound between 2012/2013 and 2017/2018 | |
| Abscess | 293 000 (8%) | 0.0056 | 160 000 (7%) | 83% |
| Burn | 222 000 (6%) | 0.0043 | 87 000 (4%) | 155% |
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 326 000 (9%) | 0.0063 | 169 000 (8%) | 93% |
| Leg ulcer (arterial) | 31 000 (1%) | 0.0022 | 9 000 (<1%) | 244% |
| Leg ulcer (mixed) | 102 000 (3%) | 0.0003 | 24 000 (1%) | 325% |
| Leg ulcer (unspecified) | 361 000 (9%) | 0.0069 | 420 000 (19%) | −14% |
| Leg ulcer (venous) | 560 000 (15%) | 0.0108 | 278 000 (13%) | 101% |
| Open wound | 337 000 (9%) | 0.0065 | 240 000 (11%) | 40% |
| Pressure ulcer | 202 000 (5%) | 0.0039 | 153 000 (7%) | 32% |
| Surgical wound | 519 000 (14%) | 0.0100 | 253 000 (11%) | 105% |
| Trauma | 249 000 (7%) | 0.0048 | 158 000 (7%) | 58% |
| Unspecified | 600 000 (16%) | 0.0115 | 271 000 (12%) | 121% |
| Total | 3 802 000 (100%) | 0.0730 | 2 222 000 (100%) | 71% |
Percentage of total number in parentheses.