Diabetes in New Brunswick : Diabète au Nouveau-Brunswick: prévalence, incidence, mortalité et comorbidités sélectionnées du diabète 1997-1998 à 2001-2002

The ratio of hospital separation rates for AMI in those with diabetes versus those without diabetes in males, varied from 5.0 in Region 4 to 6.5 in Region 1. In females, rate ratios varied from 5.5 in Region 5 to 12.0 in Region 7. Diabetes in New Brunswick iii HIGHLIGHTS Lower Limb Amputation (due to Peripheral Vascular Disease). [...] The mortality rate ratio in males ranged from 1.5 in Region 5 to 2.0 in Region 1; in females the rate ratio ranged from 1.8 in Region 5 to 2.4 in Regions 1 and 4. Diabetes in New Brunswick 26 Ratio of ASMR With:Without Diabetes CO-MORBIDITIES CO-MORBIDITIES In this section of the report, rates of co-morbid conditions were calculated as follows: The numerator was the number of hospital separations [...] In males with diabetes, rates varied from 17.8 per 1,000 in Region 2 to 26.0 in Region 7; for males without diabetes, rates varied from 3.4 per 1,000 in Region 1 to 4.2 in Region 7. 29 Diabetes in New Brunswick Age-Specific Hospital Separation Rates for AMI CO-MORBIDITIES In females with diabetes, rates varied from 13.5 per 1,000 in Region 4 to 23.6 in Region 7; for females without diabetes, rates [...] Rates in males exceeded those in females, with the exception of those with diabetes in the 25 to 29 year age group and those without diabetes in the 40 to 44 year age group, where the reverse was true. [...] In males with diabetes rates varied from 2.62 per 1,000 in Region 6 to 5.36 in Region 5. For males without diabetes, rates varied from 0.11 per 1,000 in Region 6 to 0.24 in Regions 5 and 7. For females with diabetes, rates varied from 1.52 per 1,000 in Region 1 to 2.58 in Region 3. For females without diabetes rates varied from 0.05 per 1,000 in Regions 5 and 6, to 0.18 in Region 4. 33 Diabetes in