Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2011, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2011. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2011. AIHW, 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2011. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000-2011, AIHW, Canberra.
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Incidence of insulin-treated diabetes in Australia 2000–2011 presents the latest available national data on new cases of insulin-treated diabetes from Australia’s National Diabetes Register. In 2011, there were 2,367 new cases of type 1 diabetes in Australia, equating to 11 new cases per 100,000 population. This rate has remained stable over the last decade, with between 10 and 12 new cases per 100,000 population per year.
There were around 53,500 people in Australia who began using insulin to treat their diabetes in 2011
The majority (68%) of those who started using insulin to treat diabetes in 2011 had type 2 diabetes
The incidence of type 1 diabetes was higher in males (13 in every 100,000) compared with females (8 per 100,000)
Rates of type 2 diabetes were higher among males than females (185 and 140 per 100,000 respectively)
