title: Drug sales data and prevalence of diabetes in France.
abstract: The importance of diabetes in France was estimated on the basis of drug sales data from 1976 to 1982. In 1982, 1.1% of the French population was taking oral hypoglycaemic agents daily, and 0.2%, insulin. These results are compared with the prevalence of diabetes (1.9%) estimated in a 1976 French epidemiologic study carried out on a random sample of practitioners, and other European estimates. The particularly high consumption of oral antidiabetic agents in France is then addressed, in relation to diagnosis and prescription habits.
mesh_terms: D001645:Biguanides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001645:Biguanides; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D013453:Sulfonylurea Compounds