Table 1. Characteristics of people with and without diabetes registered to receive health care in Health Region 10 of north-eastern Thailand between 2012-2017.
| Characterictics | Total (3,795,856) |
People with diabetes (164,177) |
People without diabetes (3,631,679) |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age in years (IQR) | 46 (34-58) | 62 (54-71) | 45 (33?57) | <0.001 |
| Age groups, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| 21 – 40 years | 1,465,549 (39) | 5,883 (4) | 1,459,666 (40) | |
| 41 – 60 years | 1,505,282 (40) | 67,384 (41) | 1,437,898 (40) | |
| 61 – 80 years | 672,204 (18) | 78,933 (48) | 593,271 (16) | |
| ≥ 81 | 140,751 (4) | 11,965 (7) | 128,786 (4) | |
| Sex, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Male | 1,883,488 (50) | 62,211 (38) | 1,821,277 (50) | |
| Female | 1,912,368 (50) | 101,966 (62) | 1,810,402 (50) | |
| Province, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| Sisaket | 1,229,577 (32) | 42,549 (26) | 1,187,028 (33) | |
| Ubon Ratchathani | 1,508,327 (40) | 73,618 (45) | 1,434,709 (40) | |
| Yasothorn | 455,980 (12) | 20,960 (13) | 435,020 (12) | |
| Amnat Charoen | 314,769 (8) | 15,645 (10) | 299,124 (8) | |
| Mukdahan | 287,203 (8) | 11,405 (7) | 275,798 (8) |
*
P-value for comparison between groups by diabetes status using chi-square and Mann-Whitney-U tests for categorical and continuous variables respectively