Diabetes Improvement Plan

The Diabetes Improvement Plan sets out the priorities and actions to deliver improved prevention, treatment and care for all people in Scotland affected by diabetes.


ANNEX A

No. of people in Scotland with Diabetes: Crude and age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes (all types), 2013, Scotland, by NHS Board.

NHS Board

Population

Type 1
No. on diabetes
register at
end of 2013

Type 2
No. on diabetes
register at
end of 2013

Other types*
No. on diabetes
register at
end of 2013

Total
No. on diabetes
register at
end of 2013

Crude
prevalence

Age
adjusted
prevalence

Ayrshire and Arran

373,189

2,226

19,336

68

21,630

5.8%

5.3%

Borders

113,707

633

5,349

49

6,031

5.3%

4.5%

Dumfries and Galloway

150,828

908

7,738

70

8,716

5.8%

4.9%

Fife

366,219

1,996

17,731

83

19,810

5.4%

5.2%

Forth Valley

299,099

1,672

13,521

89

15,282

5.1%

5.1%

Grampian

573,420

3,158

23,082

140

26,380

4.6%

4.8%

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

1,217,025

6,464

54,406

777

61,647

5.1%

5.3%

Highland

319,811

1,867

13,701

212

15,780

4.9%

4.4%

Lanarkshire

572,520

3,586

27,637

247

31,470

5.5%

5.6%

Lothian

843,733

4,372

31,833

381

36,586

4.3%

4.7%

Orkney

21,530

118

929

2

1,049

4.9%

4.4%

Shetland

23,210

126

902

7

1,035

4.5%

4.4%

Tayside

411,749

1,951

19,318

159

21,428

5.2%

4.9%

Western Isles

27,560

184

1,122

4

1,310

4.8%

4.1%

Scotland

5,313,600

29,261

236,605

2,288

268,154

5.0%

5.0%

10.9%

88.2%

0.9%

* Other types of diabetes include Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY), gestational diabetes and secondary diabetes.

Source: Scottish Diabetes Survey 2013

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Email: Gillian Gunn

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