Table 1.

Health-care facility survey

Number of patients presenting to the emergency departments at the respondent facilities (149 of the 193 facilities surveyed)
Number of emergency transportation services ordered per facility	4962 (2073‒9910)
Number of emergency transportation services ordered for severe hypoglycemia per facility	17.0 (8.0‒32.0)
Proportion of emergency transportation services ordered for severe hypoglycemia per facility	0.34%
Number of patients with diabetes mellitus receiving medical services at the respondent facilities and the treatments given to these patients
Number of patients regularly receiving medical services	346,939
Number (proportion) of patients with type 1 diabetes	20,553 (6.2%)
Number (proportion) of patients with type 2 diabetes	292,638 (87.9%)
Number (proportion) of insulin users (including those receiving other antidiabetic drugs)	106,645 (30.7%)
Number (proportion) of SU users without insulin	71,280 (20.5%)
Number of patients presenting to/admitted to the respondent facilities for severe hypoglycemia
Annual number of patients requiring medical services for severe hypoglycemia at these facilities	2237
Number of patients requiring medical services for severe hypoglycemia per facility	6.5 (3.0‒16.0)*
Annual number of patients admitted for severe hypoglycemia	1171
Annual number of patients admitted for severe hypoglycemia per facility	4.0 (1.0‒9.0)a

^a Numbers, medians; numbers in parentheses, and interquartile range (25th–75th percentiles)