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. 2003 Jul;96(7):328–332. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.96.7.328

Table 2.

Age-banded diabetes prevalence rates for males and females (crude and capture–recapture)

Prevalence % (95% CI)
Crude prevalence
CR prevalence
Age (years) Female Male Female Male
0-9 0.1% (0, 0.1) 0.1% (0, 0.1) NA NA
10-19 0.4% (0.3, 0.5) 0.1% (0.2, 0.4) 0.1% (0.3, 0.6) 0.4% (0.3, 0.5)
20-29 0.4% (0.4, 0.5) 0.5% (0.4, 0.6) 0.8% (0.6, 1.0) 0.9% (0.6, 1.4)
30-39 0.4% (0.5, 0.8) 0.8% (0.6, 0.9) 1.0% (0.8, 1.2) 1.2% (1.0, 1.4)
40-49 0.8% (0.6, 1.0) 1.2% (1.0, 1.4) 1.2% (1.0, 1.4) 1.8% (1.6, 2.0)
50-59 2.0% (1.7, 2.3) 2.7% (2.4, 3.0) 2.8% (2.5, 3.2) 4.1% (3.7, 4.5)
60-69 3.5% (3.2, 3.9) 4.5% (4.1, 5.0) 5.6% (5.1, 6.0) 6.9% (6.4, 7.4)
70-79 3.7% (3.3, 4.1) 5.6% (5.0, 6.3) 7.6% (7.0, 8.2) 14.1% (13.2, 15.1)
80+ 4.2% (3.6, 4.8) 6.0% (5.0, 7.1) 9.3% (8.5, 10.2) 18.3% (16.6, 20.0)
Overall 1.4 (1.3, 1.5) 1.6 (1.5, 1.7) 2.4 (2.2, 2.7) 4.0 (3.9, 4.2)*

NA=Not appropriate for capture-recapture techniques as the number of cases was too small

*

Compared with crude rate, P<0.0001