Table 1.
Prevalence and outpatient use by patients with diabetes mellitus in 2008 and 2013
| 2008 | 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | |
| Age-standardized prevalence (mean‰ [mean ± SD]) | ||||||
| All | 27.5 (26.6, 28.4) | 4.8 (4.5, 5.1) | 10.7 (10.1, 11.3) | 49.5 (42.4, 56.6) | 21.8 (19.7, 23.9) | 35.2 (32.0, 38.4) |
| East | 30.8 (28.5, 33.1) | 19.6 (17.4, 21.8) | 26.6 (24.5, 28.7) | 57.9 (50.7, 65.1) | 29.8 (27.6, 32.0) | 44.1 (41.3, 26.9) |
| Central | 28.8 (25.6, 32.0) | 15.8 (14.3, 17.3) | 18.2 (15.6, 20.8) | 49.5 (41.6, 57.4) | 36.0 (32.4, 39.6) | 35.8 (31.6, 40.0) |
| West | 20.8 (18.7, 22.9) | 7.8 (7.2, 8.4) | 8.7 (7.9, 9.5) | 39.5 (35.4, 43.6) | 12.7 (9.7, 15.7) | 25.1 (21.7, 28.5) |
| Rate of previous 2-week outpatient visits (mean% [mean ± SD]) | ||||||
| All | 15.1 (14.6–15.6) | 12.3 (11.8–12.8) | 14.3 (13.7–14.9) | 13.2 (12.7–13.7) | 11.3 (10.8–11.8) | 12.5 (12.0–13.0) |
| East | 15.6 (15.0–16.2) | 16.3 (15.7–16.9) | 15.8 (15.2–16.4) | 15.6 (15.0–16.2) | 13.8 (13.3–14.3) | 14.9 (14.3–15.5) |
| Central | 13.8 (13.2–14.4) | 8.6 (8.1–9.1) | 12.3 (11.7–12.9) | 10.7 (10.3–11.1) | 8.2 (7.8–8.6) | 9.7 (9.3–10.1) |
| West | 15.4 (14.8–16.0) | 10.5 (10.0–11.0) | 14.5 (13.9–15.1) | 13.3 (12.8–13.8) | 11.8 (11.3–12.3) | 12.8 (12.3–13.3) |
| percentage of outpatient visits to PHCs (%) | ||||||
| All | 44.5 | 74.5 | 67.3 | 52.7 | 72.9 | 66.3 |
| East | 39.3 | 65.8 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 68.5 | 55.1 |
| Central | 48.8 | 74.6 | 53.6 | 53.6 | 72.5 | 67.1 |
| West | 56.1 | 76.6 | 75.6 | 60.5 | 76.7 | 75.2 |