Table 1 Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Korea according to national health insurance claims and national preventive health care database from 2006 to 2013.

From: Trends in the pervasiveness of type 2 diabetes, impaired fasting glucose and co-morbidities during an 8-year-follow-up of nationwide Korean population

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Health insurance claims database

Total population

29,340,486

29,964,692

30,784,595

31,446,745

32,113,334

32,755,158

33,397,816

33,897,232

Age of total population(year)

49.0 ± 13.7

49.4 ± 13.8

49.7 ± 13.8

50.0 ± 13.9

50.3 ± 13.9

50.5 ± 14

50.8 ± 14.1

51.2 ± 14.2

Prevalent cases

1,655,495

1,817,040

1,979,403

2,138,344

2,287,430

2,455,658

2,590,519

2,720,777

Age of prevalent cases(year)

60.7 ± 11.7

61.1 ± 11.8

61.4 ± 11.8

61.7 ± 11.9

62.0 ± 11.9

62.3 ± 11.9

62.6 ± 11.9

62.9 ± 12.0

Prevalence rate(%)

5.6

6.1

6.4

6.8

7.1

7.5

7.8

8.0

Sex

Female

5.3

5.7

6.0

6.3

6.6

6.9

7.1

7.3

Male

6.0

6.5

6.9

7.4

7.7

8.2

8.5

8.8

Age

30–39

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.9

40–49

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.5

50–59

7.7

8.0

8.2

8.4

8.5

8.7

8.8

8.9

60–69

13.7

14.3

14.8

15.3

15.8

16.4

16.5

16.6

70–79

15.5

16.7

17.7

18.6

19.5

20.4

21.0

21.5

80–

9.8

11.0

12.1

13.2

14.1

15.1

15.9

16.7

Preventive health care database

Total population

7,229,856

6,642,441

8,284,141

9,186,594

10,225,856

10,456,856

11,015,182

10,610,669

Age of total population(year)

48.6 ± 12.2

49.4 ± 12.6

49.2 ± 12.3

50.1 ± 12.5

50.0 ± 12.5

50.2 ± 12.6

50.5 ± 12.5

50.8 ± 12.7

Age of prevalent cases(year)

56.5 ± 11.7

57.3 ± 11.9

57 ± 11.7

57.8 ± 11.6

58.1 ± 11.6

58.3 ± 11.7

58.6 ± 11.5

59.0 ± 11.7

Prevalence rate(%)

8.4

9.0

8.9

9.9

9.9

10.3

10.5

10.9

Sex

Female

7.3

8.1

7.5

8.5

8.4

8.7

8.8

9.3

Male

9.2

9.6

9.9

11.0

11.2

11.5

11.9

12.2

Age

30–39

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.5

2.6

40–49

5.7

6.1

6.2

6.1

6.0

6.1

6.1

6.2

50–59

10.9

11.1

11.2

11.8

11.8

11.9

12.1

12.4

60–69

16.5

16.6

16.8

18.0

18.6

18.9

19.1

19.6

70–79

18.8

19.3

20.0

20.7

21.8

22.7

23.2

23.8

80–

18.3

18.5

18.9

19.1

20.0

21.2

21.9

22.8