[Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Negev].
10,578 medical records of patients 30 years and older, registered in 3 representative primary care clinics, were reviewed in 1984. 705 diabetics were identified. The prevalence rate was 6.7%: 5.9% among men and 7.1% among women. The male/female ratio was 46/54. In both sexes rates increased with age. The highest age-adjusted rate was among Jews of North African origin (7.5%).
Neumann
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Dept. of Epidemiology, Soroka Hospital, Beer Sheba.
Weitzman
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence