Table 1.
Proportions of diabetes and extrapolated number of people with diabetes in Switzerland by sex according to three different data sources
| Data source | Year | With diabetes (n)* | Proportion with diabetes (%)† |
Estimated with diabetes (n)‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | 95% CI | Men | Women | Total | |||
| Aged 20–84 years, population in 2008: 5.844 million | |||||||||
| 1: Hospital discharges, additional diagnosis | 2008 | 41,495 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.6–3.6 | 137,000 | 100,000 | 237,000 |
| 2: Death registry, concomitant cause | 2007/2008 | 5,877 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.4–3.6 | 116,000 | 109,000 | 225,000 |
| 2003/2004 | 5,392 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0–3.2 | ||||
| 1999/2000 | 5,332 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8–3.0 | ||||
| 1995/1996 | 4,366 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1–2.3 | ||||
| 3: SHS, ever diagnosed | 2007 | 927 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.0–4.6 | 151,000 | 128,000 | 279,000 |
| 2002 | 791 | 4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3–3.9 | ||||
| 1997 | 396 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9–3.5 | ||||
| 1–3: Combination of the three data sources | 2007/2008 | 3.8–4.9 | 2.8–3.7 | 3.5–4.3 | 116,000–151,000 | 100,000–128,000 | 225,000–279,000 | ||
| Aged 0–19 and 85+ years, population in 2008: 1.804 million | |||||||||
| 1: Hospital discharges, additional diagnosis | 2008 | 7,000 | 13,000 | 20,000 | |||||
| All ages, population in 2008: 7.648 million | |||||||||
| 1–3: Combination of the three data sources | 123,000–158,000 | 113,000–141,000 | 245,000–299,000 | ||||||
*In the study population (men and women).
†Age standardized.
‡In the general population.