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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 nearly one million 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.
Reviewed August 2011
44 Resources Found
| Title: | Diabetes prevalence in Australia: detailed estimates |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This report presents the most up-to-date estimates of the number of people with diagnosed diabetes in Australia based on self-reports to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2007–08 National Health Survey. |
| Date: | Jul 2011 |
| Title: | Diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing: an exploratory analysis |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This report examines the association between the prevalence of diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing in the Australian population, based on a range of measures and national data sources. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in Australian children, 2008 |
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| 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. Prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in Australian children, 2008 presents for the first time estimates of the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged 0-14 years in 2008, based on Australia's National Diabetes Register data. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Targeting intensive glycaemic control versus targeting conventional glycaemic control for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) have an elevated mortality and morbidity compared to the general population. T2D is characterised by several metabolic defects that include impaired insulin secretion and action causing chronic hyperglycaemia... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Diabetes in pregnancy: its impact on Australian women and their babies |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) |
| Description: | Diabetes is known to adversely affect women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and delivery. This differs by maternal diabetes status and has not been described at the national level before. This report explores these differences in Australian mothers and their babies. |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Diabetes Mellitus - One of Australia's top six health priorities |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Expert View |
| Description: | HealthInsite Expert View by Prof. Paul Zimmet. Diabetes mellitis is recognised as a serious global health problem often resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality, primarily from cardiovascular complications, eye and kidney diseases and limb amputations, and will be one of the major health problems facing Australia in the 21st century. |
| Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Title: | Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Australian children 2000-2008 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) |
| Description: | Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Australian children 2000-2008 presents the latest available national data on new cases of Type 1 diabetes for children from Australia's National Diabetes Register. |
| Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Title: | AusDiab |
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| Publisher: | Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute |
| Description: | The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study is the largest Australian longitudinal population-based study examining the natural history of diabetes, pre-diabetes (in which glucose metabolism is impaired but not to the level to cause diabetes), heart disease and kidney disease. |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease: targeting risk factors |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | Cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) account for around a quarter of the burden of disease in Australia, and just under two-thirds of all deaths. These three diseases often occur together and share risk factors, such as physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, and high blood pressure. |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Diabetes prevalence in Australia: an assessment of national data sources |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | Diabetes is known to cause substantial morbidity and mortality in Australia, however the number of people with the condition is uncertain. Different estimates of the prevalence of diabetes are regularly reported on. |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2007 |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | Insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2007 presents the latest available data from Australia's National Diabetes Register (NDR). This report shows that the incidence of Type 1 and other insulin-treated diabetes in Australia is increasing and people with insulin-treated diabetes have significantly higher death rates than other Australians. |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia, 2005-06 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: | National Diabetes Register: statistical profile 1999-2005 |
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| 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 indicators for monitoring diabetes: Report of the Diabetes Indicators Review Subcommittee of the National Diabetes Data Working Group |
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| 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 |
| Title: | Comorbidity of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease in Australia |
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| 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: | Culturally appropriate health education for type 2 diabetes mellitus in ethnic minority groups |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | In upper-middle income and high income countries, minority ethnic groups often suffer a higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus than the local population. They also tend to come from lower socio-economic backgrounds, with attendant difficulties in... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | National Diabetes Register: impact of changed consent arrangements on ascertainment from the National Diabetes Services Scheme |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This report describes improvements to case ascertainment for the National Diabetes Register (NDR). The NDR is a register of people living in Australia with insulin-treated diabetes. |
| Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Title: | Use of medicines by Australians with diabetes |
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| Publisher: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| Description: | This bulletin investigates medicines used in the control of blood glucose levels (antidiabetic medicines) as well as those used for related reasons such as the prevention or control of common diabetes complications. |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
