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released: 4 Aug 1999

Provides data and trends for diabetes, summarises the current status of diabetes activity in Australia and proposes a framework for future collaborative action between all stakeholders. This report on diabetes is one of a series of biennial reports to Australian Health Ministers on each of the five National Health Priority Areas (NHPAs). It is part of a process that involves various levels of government and draws on advice from non-government sources, with the primary goal of reducing the incidence and impact of diabetes in Australia.

ISBN 978 0 642 39401 9; Cat. no. PHE 10; 186pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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National Health Priority Areas - Diabetes Mellitus 1998

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (79K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Contributors and acknowledgements
    • Executive summary (136K PDF)
    • Introduction
  • Chapters
    1. Overview (106K PDF)
      1. Background
      2. Types of diabetes
      3. Disease incidence and prevalence
      4. Risk factors
      5. Diabetes-related complications
      6. Health service use
      7. Mortality
      8. Special population groups
      9. Health system costs
      10. Diabetes and other national health priority areas
    2. Diabetes - an indicator-based profile (46K PDF)
      1. Goals for diabetes indicators
      2. Indicator development
      3. NHPA indicators for diabetes
      4. Indicator-based summary statistics
    3. Prevention, early detection and management (46K PDF)
      1. Primary prevention of diabetes
      2. Screening and early detection of diabetes and its complications
      3. Management of diabetes
    4. Current activity in Australia in prevention, early detection and management (111K PDF)
      1. Diabetes services across the continuum of care
      2. Current activity at national and State/Territory levels
    5. Special population groups (73K PDF)
      1. Gestational diabetes and diabetes in pregnancy
      2. Type 1 diabetes in young people
      3. Indigenous populations
      4. Rural and remote area populations
      5. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
      6. Older Australians
    6. Opportunities and future directions (58K PDF)
      1. Prevention of Type 2 diabetes
      2. Early detection of diabetes
      3. Management of diabetes
      4. Special populations
      5. Information systems
      6. Research and development
      7. Future directions
  • End matter (231K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: NHPA indicators for diabetes
      • Appendix 2: Data and statistical issues
    • Acronyms and abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • References

A summary report is also available online (136K PDF).

Recommended citation

Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care & AIHW 1999. NHPA report on diabetes mellitus 1998. Cat. no. PHE 10. Canberra: AIHW.