Table 1

Diabetes prevalence, deaths due to diabetes, and economic costs in five selected countries*

Country

Population^† (million)

People with diabetes (million)

Crude prevalence

No. of deaths due to diabetes

Crude case fatality ratio^‡ (n/1000)

Costs/year (billion)

Primary cause

Associated cause

Australia [1,2]

19.9

0.9

4.5%

3,329

8,138

3.7

AU$ 0.68

Canada [3]

32.5

1.7

5.2%

6,137

-

3.6

CA$ 1.60

New Zealand [4]

3.9

0.18

4.6%

802

-

4.5

NZ$ 0.18

UK [5]

60.2

2.8

4.7%

7,000

26,000

2.5

£ 3.50

US [6]

293.0

18.2

6.2%

69,308

143,754

3.8

US$ 132

* Data in the table refer to a period between 2002 and 2004.

† Populations were obtained from the International Data Base, US Census Bureau [7].

‡ Based on diabetes as primary cause of death.

Si et al. BMC Health Services Research 2010 10:169   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-169