![]() Indigenous Australians may not register with the NDSS at all.As a result of this issue, Indigenous status cannot be determined for 98% of people registered on the NDSS prior to 2005. In 2005, the NDSS database was amended to add an extra value to the Indigenous status variable to indicate ‘inadequate/not stated’ where Indigenous status was not known. Before 2005, data entry for the NDSS registration form for Indigenous status coded all ‘unknown’ or ‘not stated’ responses to the Indigenous status question as ‘non-Indigenous’.The representation and accuracy of data relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the NDSS is influenced by a range of factors, which may reduce the accuracy of reporting on these communities and prevent the use of the NDSS for reporting on prevalence by Indigenous status. Using the NDSS for reporting on Indigenous Australians Diabetes was 1.3 times as common among males as females, after controlling for age.įigure 1: Prevalence of diabetes, by age and sex, 2021.Almost 1 in 5 (19.5%) Australians aged 80–84 (22.1% males and 17.2% of females) (Figure 1) were living with diabetes in 2021, which was almost 30 times as high as those aged under 40 (0.7%).In 2021, the prevalence of diabetes, according to linked NDSS and APEG data, increased with increasing age: ![]() This includes people with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and other diabetes, but excludes gestational diabetes. More than 1.3 million (1 in 20) Australians were living with diabetes and currently registered with the linked National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) and Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group (APEG) state-based registers in 2021. How many people are living with diabetes in Australia?
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