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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of NDSS registrants with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Victoria 2010

From: Type 2 diabetes prevalence varies by socio-economic status within and between migrant groups: analysis and implications for Australia

 

Males

  

Females

  

Region of birth

 

Age < 50

SESa,c

 

Age < 50

SESa,d

 

n (%)

% (95% CI)b

Mean (95% CI)b

n (%)

% (95% CI)b

Mean (95% CI)b

Oceania

1473 (1.5)

22.0 (20.0-24.2)

991 (988–995)

1253 (1.4)

27.9 (25.4-30.4)

987 (983–990)

North-West Europe

8824 (8.9)

4.6 (4.2-5.1)

1006 (1005–1008)

7243 (8.3)

5.0 (4.5-5.5)

1002 (1000–1003)

Southern & Eastern Europe

14599 (14.8)

2.5 (2.3-2.8)

991 (990–992)

12423 (14.2)

2.4 (2.1-2.6)

988 (987–990)

North Africa & Middle East

2899 (2.9)

13.1 (12.0-14.4)

977 (974–980)

2318 (2.6)

17.8 (16.3-19.4)

966 (962–969)

South-East Asia

3272 (3.3)

15.4 (14.2-16.7)

984 (982–987)

3943 (4.5)

17.6 (16.4-18.8)

979 (976–981)

North-East Asia

1100 (1.1)

14.2 (12.2-16.4)

1032 (1028–1036)

1229 (1.4)

19.4 (17.3-21.7)

1031 (1028–1035)

Southern & Central Asia

3423 (3.5)

25.8 (24.4-27.3)

1005 (1003–1008)

2554 (2.9)

22.5 (20.9-24.2)

1004 (1001–1006)

Americas

714 (0.7)

13.2 (10.9-15.9)

995 (990–1001)

651 (0.7)

14.1 (11.7-17.0)

987 (982–993)

Sub-Saharan Africa

1043 (1.1)

19.2 (16.9-21.7)

999 (994–1003)

856 (1.0)

19.6 (17.1-22.4)

992 (987–996)

Australia

29218 (29.6)

12.8 (12.5-13.2)

1001 (1000–1001)

24857 (28.4)

13.8 (13.4-14.2)

997 (996–998)

Unknown

32106 (32.5)

7.9 (7.6-8.2)

999 (998–1000)

30281 (34.0)

13.1 (12.7-13.5)

995 (994–996)

TOTAL

98671 (100)

9.7 (9.6-9.9)

998 (998–999)

87608 (100)

12.1 (11.9-12.3)

994 (994–995)

Overseas

37347 (37.9)

8.9 (8.6-9.2)

996 (995–996)

32470 (37.1)

9.8 (9.5-10.1)

991 (991–992)

Pacific Islands

603 (0.6)

22.9 (19.7-26.4)

974 (967–980)

611 (0.7)

30.8 (27.2-34.5)

975 (969–981)

New Zealand

870 (0.9)

21.4 (18.8-24.2)

1003 (999–1007)

642 (0.7)

25.1 (21.9-28.6)

998 (993–1003)

  1. a measured using the Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage score; b 95% confidence interval; c excludes 522 males for whom residential area SES scores were not available; d excludes 368 females for whom residential area SES scores were not available.