Counting drugs to understand the disease: The case of measuring the diabetes epidemic

Støvring, Henrik; Andersen, Morten; Beck-Nielsen, Henning; Green, Anders; Vach, Werner

doi:10.1186/1478-7954-5-2

Population Health Metrics

Table 1 Characteristics of source population

From: Counting drugs to understand the disease: The case of measuring the diabetes epidemic

Females	Age
	<15					15 – 39					40 – 64					65 >
Year	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀
1994	34,514	10	0	0	8	73,456	339	43	0	39	71,305	967	147	12	318	45,884	2,049	226	197	2,081
1995	34,806	6	3	0	7	72,593	343	33	2	34	72,133	1,046	146	18	313	45,862	2,069	217	234	2,156
1996	35,398	8	20	0	8	71,502	338	46	0	39	73,031	1,099	163	11	325	45,702	2,056	271	196	2,133
1997	35,985	23	11	0	6	70,541	345	27	0	33	73,798	1,149	154	16	311	45,625	2,145	226	219	2,121
1998	36,919	32	7	0	6	69,832	323	29	2	23	74,896	1,221	139	16	314	45,439	2,185	254	211	2,043
1999	37,260	35	9	0	6	69,089	303	39	0	22	75,568	1,234	178	20	323	45,472	2,264	260	206	2,171
2000	37,627	38	8	0	7	68,040	320	41	1	28	76,436	1,293	205	23	310	45,407	2,346	267	190	2,078
2001	38,124	40	10	0	7	66,874	330	49	1	24	77,218	1,412	213	27	308	45,392	2,430	275	187	2,057
2002	38,335	43	12	0	6	66,007	341	45	0	36	77,832	1,500	226	22	276	45,571	2,562	298	219	2,207
2003	38,420	48	11	0	4	65,147	360	78	2	27	78,712	1,620	253	26	307	45,561	2,656	314	221	2,025
Males	Age
	<15					15 – 39					40 – 64					65 >
Year	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀	Size	P	I	D ₁	D ₀
1994	36,066	12	2	0	12	77,830	408	49	1	83	71,598	1,424	227	52	478	33,454	1,658	241	203	1,974
1995	36,486	9	3	0	10	76,891	419	45	2	102	72,555	1,525	212	39	451	33,364	1,714	209	189	2,030
1996	37,173	7	26	0	5	75,486	415	55	6	82	73,548	1,597	250	28	448	33,209	1,761	232	197	2,057
1997	37,857	31	5	0	9	74,528	423	36	2	87	74,466	1,739	248	37	455	32,994	1,811	215	203	1,866
1998	38,839	36	3	0	13	73,694	425	40	2	65	75,668	1,826	292	44	471	32,997	1,887	236	192	1,857
1999	39,368	36	8	0	9	72,550	430	42	6	86	76,434	1,956	286	44	455	33,087	1,974	223	213	1,890
2000	39,741	41	14	0	12	71,316	422	41	3	67	77,268	2,103	315	52	463	33,137	2,014	253	184	1,780
2001	39,882	46	13	1	12	70,321	436	51	1	47	77,965	2,227	340	48	444	33,425	2,158	237	226	1,804
2002	40,034	49	11	0	12	69,106	455	64	2	67	78,888	2,414	389	59	477	33,655	2,213	270	228	1,723
2003	40,093	47	6	0	10	68,146	466	43	3	62	79,606	2,583	401	59	469	34,163	2,357	333	230	1,657

Size of population, prevalence, incidence, and mortality with respect to use of anti-diabetic drugs, Fyn County, Denmark, 1994–2003. Size is the size of the population on January 1, 1993–2003, where subjects migrating into the capture area in the preceding year are ignored. P is the count of prevalent subjects at January 1 of the given year. I is the count of incident subjects during the calendar year. D ₁is the count of deaths during the year among subjects prevalent at the beginning of the year. D ₀are deaths among non-prevalents in the year.

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