[Disease burden of diabetes mellitus type II in the Netherlands: incidence, prevalence and mortality ].
A consistent estimate of the prevalence, mortality and incidence of diabetes mellitus type II in the Netherlands was obtained by combining data from several sources using statistical and modelling techniques. In the Netherlands, the prevalence of diabetes in the age-group 30-74 years is 2.7-3.2%. The prevalence increases with age: for men by 7% per year of age and for women by almost 8% per year of age. This age-related increase will give rise to a 36% increase in the prevalence of diabetes in the period 1993-2010. Diabetic patients account for 12% of the total mortality in men and 18% in women; in 2.5% and 5% of the cases respectively, diabetes is the cause of mortality. If this excess mortality could be eliminated then the life expectancy for men with diabetes would increase by 4.7 years at the age of 45 and for women the corresponding increase would be 6.3 years. The estimated incidence per year increases from 8 per 10,000 men (7 for women) in the age group 40-44 years to 80 per 10,000 men (86 for women) in the age group 75-79 years.
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Erasmus Universiteit, Instituut Maatschappelijke Gezondheidszorg, Rotterdam. caroline.baan@rivm.nl
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D017677:Age Distribution; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution