Research Article

Evacuation after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident Is a Cause of Diabetes: Results from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Table 5

The incidence of diabetes after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Before the earthquakeIncidence of diabetes after the earthquake ()P value
TotalNonevacueesEvacuees

Nondiabetic type ( = 24,935)3.0% (743)2.6% (430)3.6% (313)0.00002

Normal type ( = 16,760)0.5% (85)0.4% (44)0.7% (41)0.004
Normal-high type ( = 6,440)3.5% (223)3.2% (132)3.9% (91)0.15
Borderline type ( = 1,735)25.1% (435)25.1% (254)25.0% (181)0.95

Data are presented as percentage (number).
value comparing the incidence of diabetes after the earthquake between the evacuee group and the nonevacuee group.