TABLE 1.
Sample Statistics of Patients with T2DM Receiving Antidiabetic Medication by Age and Gender
Commercial | Medicare | Medicaid | ||||
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Sample Size | % Medication | Sample Size | % Medication | Sample Size | % Medication | |
T2DM patients receiving medication | 197,941 | 88 | 184,439 | 73 | 70,003 | 82 |
Age group | ||||||
18-34 | 7,177 | 89 | 4,953 | 74 | ||
35-44 | 26,505 | 90 | 9,794 | 82 | ||
45-54 | 65,419 | 89 | 23,500 | 84 | ||
55-59 | 48,269 | 87 | 16,373 | 86 | ||
60-64 | 50,571 | 85 | 15,383 | 79 | ||
< 65 | 39,238 | 76 | ||||
65-69 | 32,100 | 76 | ||||
≥ 70 | 113,101 | 70 | ||||
Gender | ||||||
Female | 88,770 | 88 | 112,335 | 72 | 46,727 | 83 |
Male | 109,171 | 89 | 72,104 | 73 | 23,276 | 79 |
T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus