Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the study population.
Category | Subcategory | 2000 | 2003 | 2006 |
Patients (number) | 13152 | 15269 | 17070 | |
Male (%) | 50.9 | 52.1 | 53.2 | |
Median age (y) | 64.6 | 64.9 | 65.2 | |
Luxembourg nationality (%) | 77.4 | 74.8 | 72.0 | |
Regional repartition (%) | Luxembourg | 72.8 | 73.6 | 73.6 |
Grevenmacher | 15.6 | 15.0 | 15.1 | |
Diekirch | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 | |
Treatment repartition (%) | Solely oral hypoglycemic agent | 75.8 | 76.8 | 77.0 |
Solely insulin | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | |
Mixed treatment | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.6 | |
Unknown | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 |