Australians with diabetes
June 30, 2011
AROUND 898,800 Australians
suffer from diabetes, according
to a new report released by the
Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare.
The report is based on selfreports
to the Australian
Bureau of Statistics’ 2007–08
National Health Survey, and
also found significantly higher
numbers of Australians
suffered from Type 2 diabetes
(787,500 or 87%), compared to
Type 1 diabetes (87,100 or 10%)
with the remaining 3% as
diabetes type unknown.
Diabetes was also found to
be more prevalent in men than
in women, with figures
revealing 56% of total sufferers
as male, compared to 44%
female.
Almost all sufferers were
found to sit in the 35 and
above age category (96%), with
almost half (43%) of patients
aged over 65 years.
Despite these divisions, it
seems that locality is no
indicator of proportion, with
figures of diabetes similar in
all states and territories (after
accounting for differences in
age), and was similar in major
cities and regional and remote
areas.
To access the report go to
www.aihw.gov.au.
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