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National Diabetes Audit, 2020-21, Type 1 Diabetes

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16 June 2022 09:30 AM

Characteristics

What are the characteristics of adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?

Age

* ONS 2020 mid-year population estimates for England and Wales.

Ethnicity

** Data from 2011 Census (England and Wales).

*** People whose ethnicity is ‘Unknown / Not stated’ excluded from calculation.

Deprivation

  • The distribution of adults with type 1 diabetes across age bands, ethnicity groups and social deprivation quintiles is similar to the distribution shown in the 2019-20 type 1 report.
  • No quintile of deprivation is associated with a higher or lower likelihood of having type 1 diabetes.

Smoking status

* Health Survey for England 2019.

**Health Survey for England groups do not include the generic “non-smoker (history unknown)” category

  • The distribution of adults with type 1 diabetes across smoking status groups is similar to the pattern seen in the Health Survey for England in 2019

Diabetes duration

  • It is usually more difficult to achieve glucose control targets after 5 to 10 years of type 1 diabetes. Three-quarters of adults with type 1 diabetes have a diabetes duration of 10 or more years.

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