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. 2016 Mar 18;113(11):177–182. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0177

Table 2. Prevalence (95% confidence intervals) of type 2 and type 1 diabetes as well as unclear diagnosis of diabetes (figures in %)*.

Age group 2009 2010
Men Women Men Women
Type 2 diabetes (only E11.- or double diagnosis E11.- and E14.-)
0–19 years 0.03 [0.03; 0.03] 0.04 [0.04; 0.04] 0.03 [0.03; 0.03] 0.04 [0.04; 0.04]
20–79 years 8.31 [8.30; 8.32] 6.69 [6.68; 6.70] 8.68 [8.67; 8.69] 6.99 [6.98; 7.00]
≥ 80 years 24.39 [24.31; 24.47] 23.94 [23.89; 23.99] 25.55 [25.47; 25.63] 24.68 [24.63; 24.73]
Type 1 diabetes (only E10.- or double diagnosis E10. and E14.-)
0–19 years 0.19 [0.18; 0.19] 0.17 [0.17; 0.18] 0.19 [0.19; 0.20] 0.18 [0.17; 0.18]
20–79 years 0.39 [0.39; 0.39] 0.28 [0.28; 0.29] 0.38 [0.38; 0.38] 0.28 [0.28; 0.28]
≥ 80 years 0.47 [0.46; 0.48] 0.50 [0.49; 0.51] 0.44 [0.43; 0.45] 0.43 [0.43; 0.44]
Unspecified diabetes (E14.-)
0–19 years 0.05 [0.05; 0.05] 0.06 [0.06; 0.06] 0.05 [0.05; 0.05] 0.06 [0.06; 0.07]
20–79 years 1.19 [1.18; 1.19] 1.02 [1.01; 1.02] 1.15 [1.15; 1.16] 1.00 [0.99; 1.00]
≥ 80 years 3.51 [3.48; 3.55] 3.55 [3.53; 3.58] 3.39 [3.36; 3.43] 3.39 [3.37; 3.42]
Other diabetes (E12.- and E13.-)
0–19 years 0.01 [0.01; 0.01] 0.01 [0.01; 0.01] 0.01 [0.01; 0.01] 0.01 [0.01; 0.01]
20–79 years 0.42 [0.42; 0.42] 0.33 [0.33; 0.33] 0.44 [0.44; 0.44] 0.35 [0.35; 0.35]
≥ 80 years 1.09 [1.07; 1.11] 0.99 [0.98; 1.01] 1.15 [1.13; 1.17] 1.04 [1.02; 1.05]
Unclear diabetes (double diagnosis E10.- and E11.-)
0–19 years 0.04 [0.04; 0.04] 0.04 [0.04; 0.05) 0.04 [0.04; 0.04] 0.04 [0.04; 0.04]
20–79 years 1.45 [1.45; 1.46] 1.17 [1.16; 1.17] 1.43 [1.43; 1.44] 1.14 [1.14; 1.15]
≥ 80 years 3.46 [3.42; 3.49] 3.03 [3.01; 3.05] 3.42 [3.39; 3.46] 2.92 [2.90; 2.94]

*Number of policyholders of statutory health insurance funds in million in the age groups 0–19; 20–79; ≥ 80 years: 2009: women 6.1; 26.6; 2.4; men 6.4; 23.1; 1.0; 2010: women 5.9; 26.2; 2.5; men 6.2; 23.0; 1.1.

Definition of diabetes on the basis of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes E10.- to E.14