Diabetes Statistics

Diabetes is a common condition that can contribute to illness, disability and early death. Diabetes is on the rise worldwide. It has been estimated that over 900,000 Australians have diabetes and about half of those are not aware that they have the condition.

Diabetes and its associated complications, which include heart, kidney and eyes diseases, affect the quality of life of a large number of Australians.

Updated September 2008

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Title:	National Diabetes Register: statistical profile 1999-2005
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	National Diabetes Register, Statistical Profile 2000 is the first statistical report of the National Diabetes Register and marks the availability of the register for research purposes.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	National Diabetes Register: statistical profile December 2000
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	The report describes the characteristics of the people on the National Diabetes Register at the end of 2000, including age at diagnosis, sex, State/Territory, region within State/Territory, country of birth, Indigenous status and diabetes type. It also provides estimates on the incidence of diabetes among children, and on death rates for people who use insulin to treat at their diabetes.
Date:	Oct 2001

Title:	Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Australians under 40 years: a snapshot of National Diabetes Register data for 2004
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	There are several types of diabetes and it is the increase in Type 2 diabetes that is the main contributor to the alarming increase in diabetes prevalence. However, recently there have been reports that Type 1 diabetes is also on the increase.
Date:	May 2006

Title:	National diabetes register statistical profile 2001
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report describes the characteristics of registrants on the National Diabetes Register as at December 2001, including type of diabetes, age at diagnosis, sex, geographical location, country of birth, Indigenous status, mortality and also provides incidence estimates.
Date:	Aug 2003

Title:	Diabetes facts
Publisher:	Diabetes Australia - NSW
Description:	More than 3 million Australians have diabetes or pre-diabetes. Worldwide, 246 million people have diabetes.
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	National health priority areas - diabetes mellitus 1998
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:	This report provides data and trends for diabetes, summarises the current status of diabetes activity in Australia and proposes a framework for future collaborative action between all stakeholders.
Date:	Oct 2001

Title:	Gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia, 2005-06
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This is the first national report on the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus among Australian women. The report uses data from the National Diabetes Services Scheme and the National Hospital Morbidity Database to determine the number of cases of GDM among Australian women of child-bearing age.
Date:	Dec 2008

Title:	Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Australia 2000-2006: first results
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Type 1 diabetes is a serious, life-long disease which causes a major health, social and economic burden for individuals with the disease, their families and the community. The rate of new cases of Type 1 diabetes in children has been increasing in Australia.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Diabetes: Australian facts 2008
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report is a concise summary of the latest data and trends relating to diabetes in Australia. It is the second report by the National Centre for Monitoring Diabetes to present available data across the spectrum of the disease: its levels in the population, the factors that contribute to it, its major complications and its impact.
Date:	Mar 2008

Title:	The impact of ICD coding standard changes for diabetes hospital morbidity data
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Diabetes and its complications are major causes of hospitalisation in Australia. This paper outlines two recent coding changes and a classification change that affect diabetes data.
Date:	Oct 2003

Title:	Diabetes data and trends
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide, and it is estimated that almost one million Australians have the disease.
Date:	Jun 2006

Title:	A picture of diabetes in overseas-born Australians
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This bulletin describes patterns of diabetes prevalence, hospitalisations and deaths amongst Australians who were born overseas and compares these patterns with their Australian-born counterparts.
Date:	Oct 2003

Title:	Diabetes as a cause of death, Australia, 1997 and 1998
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	The term 'diabetes-related death' used in the report refers to deaths where diabetes is the underlying or associated cause of death. In this report, deaths data for 1997 and 1998 are combined to allow for more detailed analysis.
Date:	Nov 2000

Title:	Diabetes in culturally and linguistically diverse Australians : identification of communities at high risk
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	The purpose of this report is to identify those groups of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds that have a high prevalence or risk of diabetes compared with the Australian-born population.
Date:	Oct 2005

Title:	Comorbidity of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Australia
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease are three common and serious illnesses in Australia. These three diseases have shared common risk factors, and often occur together. This report focuses on examining the current extent of comorbidity of the conditions from three perspectives: self-reported prevalence, hospitalisation and deaths.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Type 2 diabetes costs in Australia - the potential impact of changes in diet, physical activity and levels of obesity
Publisher:	Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:	This report provides estimates for the direct health care costs of Type 2 diabetes attributable to obesity, and the potential impact on costs of diet and physical activity interventions.
Date:	Jan 2001

Title:	A general practice view of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,University of Sydney
Description:	Monitoring the incidence of cardiovascular disease in Australia examines the feasibility of monitoring the incidence of selected cardiovascular diseases using existing national datasets. Methods for estimating the national incidence of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, unstable angina pectoris, and congestive heart failure are recommended.
Date:	Sep 2001

Title:	Selected chronic diseases among Australia's children
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This bulletin presents information on the incidence, prevalence and trends for three of the major chronic diseases among children-asthma, diabetes and cancer.
Date:	Aug 2005

Title:	Diabetes-related deaths in Australia, 2001-03
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report presents information on diabetes-related deaths in Australia between 2001 and 2003 using death certificate data.
Date:	Dec 2005

Title:	National indicators for monitoring diabetes: Report of the Diabetes Indicators Review Subcommittee of the National Diabetes Data Working Group
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	This report describes the process undertaken by the Sub-Committee in developing and prioritising the full set of indicators, and provides operational definitions for the recommended set of eleven indicators. The indicators address the NDSG's priorities for diabetes information including the prevention, detection, care and impact of diabetes in Australia.
Date:	Aug 2007

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