Latest findings
An estimated 1.2 million Australians (4.9% of the total population) had diabetes in 2017–18, based on self-reported data
Diabetes death and hospitalisation rates in Remote and very remote areas were two-times the rate in Major cities
Socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with higher diabetes (prevalence, hospitalisation and death) rates
Type 2 diabetes disproportionately impacts on Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians
In 2017–18, 43,100 (16%) mothers aged 15–49 who gave birth in hospital were diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Incidence rates of type 1 diabetes fluctuated between 12 and 13 cases per 100,000 population, during 2000 to 2018