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Australian trends diabetes prevalence 19990-2008

Data source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010. Cardiovascular disease mortality: trends at different ages. Cardiovascular series no. 31. Cat. no.47. Canberra: AIHW. Report Summary

"The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in Australia based on self-reported information almost tripled between 1989–90 and 2007–08 (Figure 7.6). Self-reported data are easier to collect than measured data, but have certain limitations: undiagnosed cases cannot be identified, and self-report relies on the respondent accurately reporting that they have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Although less recent, estimates of diabetes prevalence from measured data show a similar trend; the prevalence of diabetes in 1999–2000 was more than double that estimated in 1981 (Dunstan et al. 2002)."