Research Article
Short-Term Trends in Economic Burden and Catastrophic Costs of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Southwest China
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population by survey year.
| | Characteristics | Survey year | | 2009 | 2016 | | Male () | Female () | All () | Male () | Female () | All () |
| | Age (%) | | 35-44 years | 712 (23.2) | 761 (23.2) | 1473 (23.2) | 737 (23.4) | 714 (22.2) | 1451 (22.8) | | 45-59 years | 1176 (38.3) | 1262 (38.4) | 2438 (38.4) | 1141 (36.3) | 1285 (40.0) | 2426 (38.2) | | ≥60 years | 1179 (38.4) | 1260 (38.4) | 2439 (38.4) | 1265 (40.2) | 1217 (37.8) | 2482 (39.0) | | Level of annual household income (%) | | Low | 1230 (40.1) | 1768 (53.9) | 2998 (47.2) | 1264 (40.2) | 1614 (50.2) | 2878 (45.3) | | High | 1837 (59.9) | 1515 (46.1) | 3352 (52.8) | 1879 (59.8) | 1602 (49.8) | 3481 (54.7) | | Education level (%) | | Illiterate | 740 (24.1) | 1671 (59.0) | 2411 (38.0) | 856 (27.2) | 1244 (38.7) | 2100 (33.0) | | Primary (grade 1-6) or higher | 2327 (75.9) | 1612 (49.1) | 3939 (62.0) | 2287 (72.8) | 1972 (61.3) | 4259 (67.0) | | Mean fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l) | | | | | | | | Age-standardized prevalence of diabetes (%) | 6.3 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 9.5 | | Age-standardized treatment rate of diabetes (%) | 16.1 | 22.7 | 20.0 | 29.9 | 34.3 | 32.1 |
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