TABLE 3.

Number and characteristics of patients ever registered with DM at six PHC clinics up to 30 June 2013 (cumulative cohort registration), Jordan

Patient characteristic	Nuzha PHC Clinic n	Taybeh PHC Clinic n	Marka PHC Clinic n	South Baqaa PHC Clinic n	Baqaa PHC Clinic n	Suf PHC Clinic n	All clinics n (%)
Newly registered with DM	3273	1738	2263	1798	2880	598	12 550
Male	1515	693	936	757	1045*	237	5 183 (41)
Female	1758	1045	1327*	1041	1835	361	7 367 (59)
Age group at registration, years
<20	55	32	49	41	49	12	238 (2)
20–39	293	204	307	242	325	91	1 462 (12)
40–59	1912	1037	1386	1103	1743	366	7 547 (60)
⩾60	1013	465	521	412	763	129	3 303 (26)
Disease category
DM type 1	84	54	67	67	61	19	352 (3)
DM type 2	658	429	628	524	782	133	3 154 (25)
DM type 2 with hypertension	2531	1255	1568	1207	2037	446	9 044 (72)
Type of patient
New diagnosis	1028	669	1198	957	1951	493	6 296 (50)
Previously known diagnosis	2245	1069	1065	841	929	105	6 254 (50)
Transferred in	128	83	27	16	19	3	276 (2)

DM = diabetes mellitus; PHC = primary health care.