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The Diabetes indicators in Australia are standardised measures of the highest priority information that can be used to:

  • establish benchmarks
  • monitor and compare the diabetes status of population groups over time, and
  • monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of health policy, prevention and management strategies.

The indicators

  1. Overweight and obesity
  2. Exercise
  3. Diet
  4. Annual cycle of care
  5. Quality of life
  6. Diabetes deaths
  7. Incidence of diabetes
  8. Prevalence of diabetes
  9. Cardiovascular disease
  10. Loss of vision
  11. Prevalence of treated end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
  12. Incidence of treated end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)
  13. Lower-limb amputations

Produced by the AIHW Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Kidney Unit (CDK). Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and produced in collaboration with the National Diabetes Data Working Group.

Last updated: July 2012.

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