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. 2014 Oct 28;38(1):72–81. doi: 10.2337/dc14-1100

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by geographic region

Geographic region
South North Northeast East Central Southwest Northwest
Participants (n) 13,128 13,938 11,989 13,823 20,991 8,388 15,801
Diabetes prevalence
n (%) 1,461 (11.1) 2,185 (15.7) 1,181 (9.9) 1,972 (14.3) 2,852 (13.6) 1,155 (13.8) 1,431 (9.1)
 95% CI 10.6, 11.7 15.1, 16.3 9.3, 10.4 13.7, 14.9 13.1, 14.1 13.0, 14.5 8.6, 9.5
Diabetes detection
n (%) 495 (33.9) 920 (42.1) 409 (34.6) 689 (34.9) 905 (31.7) 189 (16.4) 296 (20.7)
 95% CI 31.5, 36.3 40.1, 44.2 32.0, 37.4 32.9, 37.1 30.1, 33.5 14.3, 18.6 18.7, 22.9
Urban DSPs, highest SEC tertile
n (%) 4,577 (34.9) 4,231 (30.4) 2,600 (21.7) 3,689 (26.7) 7,642 (36.4) 2,000 (23.8) 1,100 (7.0)
 95% CI 34.1, 35.7 29.6, 31.1 21.0, 22.4 26.0, 27.4 35.8, 37.1 22.9, 24.8 6.6, 7.4
Female sex
n (%) 7,195 (54.8) 7,669 (55.0) 6,566 (54.8) 7,416 (53.6) 11,407 (54.3) 4,478 (53.4) 8,476 (53.6)
 95% CI 54.0, 55.7 54.2, 55.8 53.9, 55.7 52.8, 54.5 53.7, 55.0 52.3, 54.5 52.9, 54.4
Aged ≥60 years
n (%) 2,591 (19.7) 2,857 (20.5) 2,390 (19.9) 2,622 (19.0) 5,023 (23.9) 1,711 (20.4) 2,641 (16.7)
 95% CI 19.1, 20.4 19.8, 21.2 19.2, 20.7 18.3, 19.6 23.4, 24.5 19.5, 21.3 16.1, 17.3
Health literate and proactive or willing to change
n (%) 3,545 (27.0) 5,345 (38.3) 3,798 (31.7) 4,694 (34.0) 7,387 (35.2) 1,818 (21.7) 2,847 (18.0)
 95% CI 26.3, 27.8 37.5, 39.2 30.9, 32.5 33.2, 34.8 34.5, 35.8 20.8, 22.6 17.4, 18.6
Never had a health check
n (%) 8,966 (68.3) 9,206 (66.0) 8,919 (74.4) 10,227 (74.0) 11,229 (53.5) 5,724 (68.2) 12,218 (77.3)
 95% CI 67.5, 69.1 65.3, 66.8 73.6, 75.2 73.2, 74.7 52.8, 54.2 67.2, 69.2 76.7, 78.0
Minor psychiatric morbidity
n (%) 1,572 (11.9) 1,400 (10.0) 1,884 (15.7) 2,145 (15.5) 1,828 (8.7) 846 (10.1) 1,710 (10.8)
 95% CI 11.4, 12.5 9.6, 10.6 15.1, 16.4 14.9, 16.1 8.3, 9.1 9.5, 10.7 10.3, 11.3
Overweight or obese (BMI ≥24 kg/m2)
n (%) 6,001 (45.7) 8,149 (58.5) 5,332 (44.5) 6,823 (49.4) 9,720 (46.3) 2,676 (31.9) 5,510 (34.9)
 95% CI 44.9, 46.6 57.6, 59.3 43.6, 45.5 48.5, 50.2 45.6, 47.0 30.9, 32.9 34.1, 35.6
Met all health guidelines
n (%) 2,914 (22.2) 2,551 (18.3) 2,469 (20.6) 2,775 (20.1) 4,504 (21.5) 1,338 (16.0) 1,952 (12.4)
 95% CI 21.5, 22.9 17.7, 19.0 19.9, 21.3 19.4, 20.8 20.9, 22.0 15.2, 16.8 11.8, 12.9
No education
n (%) 5,168 (39.4) 4,902 (35.2) 5,593 (46.7) 4,944 (35.8) 9,007 (42.9) 3,491 (41.6) 9,734 (61.6)
 95% CI 38.5, 40.2 34.4, 36.0 45.8, 47.5 35.0, 36.6 42.2, 43.6 40.6, 42.7 60.8, 62.4
Employed
n (%) 8,811 (67.1) 8,591 (61.6) 8,947 (74.6) 9,298 (67.3) 13,384 (63.8) 5,375 (64.1) 12,367 (78.3)
 95% CI 66.3, 67.9 60.8, 62.4 73.8, 75.4 66.5, 68.0 63.1, 64.4 63.0, 65.1 77.6, 78.9
Living as a couple
n (%) 1,483 (11.3) 1,084 (7.78) 1,322 (11.0) 1,579 (11.4) 2,028 (9.7) 928 (11.1) 1,354 (8.6)
 95% CI 10.8, 11.8 7.3, 8.2 10.5, 11.6 10.9, 12.0 9.3, 10.1 10.4, 11.8 8.1, 9.0

†Numerator = number of participants diagnosed with diabetes within a particular region; denominator = number of participants living with diabetes within the same region.

‡Numerator = number of participants living in an urban DSP classified as high SEC within a particular region; denominator = total population within the same region.