[Diabetes specialist care at the turn of the Millennium in Békés County of Hungary (experience with 5935 new patients between 1996 and 2000)].
BACKGROUND
Authors collect systematically the main demographic data of the registered new diabetic patients, who are presented in the specialist diabetes care station of county Békés.


OBJECTIVE
These data are compared with the similar data of the previous five years periods.


METHODS
According to the present sixth registration, the number of the new diabetic patients increased rather (5935 patients), while the inhabitants of county Békés decreased.


RESULTS
The proportions as per age and gender did not change in comparison with the earlier periods, but in some age-decade male predominance could be observed. Recently most of the patients are those over 50 years (type 2) with the striking increase over 70 years, too. The number of obese patients is constantly high. The ratios of employments are considerably changed vs the first examined period (before 25 years), the number of retired patients is increased and that of household women is decreased. Proportion of the different therapeutic regimens is near to what is required (reaching of normoglycaemia), but the number of patients treated with the oral antidiabetics is somewhat higher as desired. Number of those needing insulin is increasing.


CONCLUSIONS
Recently (31. Dec. 2000) altogether 30.446 new diabetic patients are registered in county Békés, the incidence in the last period is 30,44/10.000 subjects/year.
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D009790:Occupations; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013038:Specialization
D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin