Table 2.

Age-specific prevalence of diagnosed diabetes by sex from 1993 to 1999.^a

	1993 (n = 1277)	1995 (n = 939)	1997 (n = 743)	1999 (n = 519)	Tendency-p
	% [95% CI]	% [95% CI]	% [95% CI]	% [95% CI]
Total	10.3 [8.6–11.9]	11.7 [9.7–13.6]	14.5 [12.1–16.9]	16.1 [13.2–18.9]	≤0.001
Men	7.6 [5.4–9.8]	9.2 [6.4–11.9]	12.5 [9.1–15.9]	15.6 [11.2–19.9]	≤0.001
Women	12.3** [9.9–14.6]	13.6** [10.8–16.4]	16.1 [12.7–19.4]	16.4 [12.5–20.3]	≤0.005
Age (years)
65–74 (total)	10.1 [8.0–12.2]	11.6 [9.0–14.2]	14.0 [10.6–17.3]	15.5 [10.9–20.0]	≤0.005
Men	8.1 [5.3–10.9]	9.6 [6.1–13.2]	12.4 [7.7–17.1]	15.8 [9.2–22.4]	≤0.05
Women	11.8* [8.7–14.8]	13.4 [9.5–17.2]	15.5 [10.4–20.5]	15.2 [8.7–21.6]	0.148
≥75 (total)	10.6 [7.9–13.2]	12.2 [9.1–15.3]	14.8 [11.5–18.2]	16.7 [12.9–20.5]	≤0.005
Men	6.5 [2.8–10.2]	8.9 [4.5–13.4]	12.7 [7.6–17.8]	15.5 [9.5–21.5]	≤0.002
Women	12.9 [9.2–16.7]	14.2* [10.0–18.4]	16.2 [11.7–20.8]	17.5 [12.5–22.5]	0.126

^aWeighted data.

^**p ≤ 0.05.

^*p ≤ 0.10.