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Health in Hunter New England

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Diabetes mellitus

Hospital separations for diabetes among Indigenous people by sex, Hunter New England and New South Wales 1993/94 - 2005/06
      1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99
Number Hunter New England Males 22 23 28 24 20 22
    Females 20 24 20 31 44 41
    Persons 42 47 48 55 64 63
  New South Wales Males 76 119 119 110 109 117
    Females 113 140 124 154 167 144
    Persons 189 259 243 264 276 261
Rate Hunter New England Males 373.5 405.2 557.1 404.6 369.5 330.0
per 100,000   Females 355.6 367.5 330.1 540.4 818.2 643.0
population   Persons 357.4 380.4 425.8 475.9 598.5 502.6
  New South Wales Males 236.7 384.8 398.2 358.8 358.3 329.9
    Females 353.1 442.6 400.7 495.8 519.2 402.8
    Persons 297.7 417.5 398.4 433.1 443.2 372.9

      1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06
Number Hunter New England Males 27 26 35 43 47 51 65
    Females 42 34 28 61 60 82 63
    Persons 69 60 63 104 107 133 128
  New South Wales Males 129 162 167 224 271 254 324
    Females 150 195 218 281 253 280 296
    Persons 279 357 385 505 524 535 620
Rate Hunter New England Males 503.4 579.8 540.4 636.4 1077.6 923.7 1014.4
per 100,000   Females 581.2 522.2 433.5 1100.4 993.6 1459.8 1122.3
population   Persons 533.0 539.8 480.3 903.1 1007.7 1228.4 1088.8
  New South Wales Males 436.5 506.4 506.7 621.3 742.8 704.4 861.7
    Females 397.3 553.2 602.0 811.5 705.6 867.7 868.4
    Persons 411.7 533.1 563.1 728.8 719.9 803.6 878.1

Note: Hospital separations were classified using ICD-9-CM up to 1997/98 and ICD-10-AM from 1998/99 onwards. Rates were age-adjusted using the Australian population as at 30 June 1991.
Source: HOIST - Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. (NSW Inpatient Statistics Collection and ABS population data)
Downloadable files: The data contained in the table on this page are available for download as a CSV file which can be imported into many software packages.
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Suggested citation: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, - Hunter New England Health e-resource. Hunter New England Health, NSW , 2007 Available at: http://www.hnehealth.nsw.gov.au/HNEPH/HHNE/atsi/atsi_diabetes.htm. Accessed (insert date of access).
Produced by: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, Hunter New England Health, with assistance from: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, NSW Department of Health.
Last updated on: 30 November 2007
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