Review Article

Trends in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Diabetes Mellitus in Mainland China from 1979 to 2012

Table 2

Trends in prevalence of diabetes in mainland China: 1979~2012.

Survey year1979198919941995199619971998200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012

Overall prevalence/ (%)6.41/99.8
Prevalence by year (%)0.812.642.282.672.363.803.366.472.173.717.746.477.6010.3311.0115.607.357.932.53
Gender (%)
 Male 0.962.892.092.813.353.896.641.996.417.366.677.369.4810.7917.397.248.36
 Female 0.782.222.452.974.163.226.322.345.978.066.226.648.859.0514.117.457.40
Location (%)
 Urban 2.582.354.524.607.5211.238.9011.238.999.0814.099.69
 Rural 1.660.422.441.935.405.313.815.3112.379.959.788.40
Age (%)
 ~390.060.830.390.631.271.591.351.921.512.873.942.597.09
 40~592.193.482.883.575.682.744.469.835.3911.8413.016.7914.16
 60~4.215.537.638.4511.868.2911.4822.3212.8122.7520.4411.93