Notes
Amendments
19 June 2026 – Minor text edits have been made to the consumer stories to clarify some clinical information along with a greater emphasis on the caveat information.
Latest data update
New
- 2023–24 hospitalisations data
- 2024 deaths data
- 2024–25 emergency department data
- 2022 First Nations Burden of Disease Study data
- 2023–24 Health Expenditure data
- 2024–25 PBS diabetes medicines dispensed data
- 2022–24 Comorbidity prevalence data
- Diabetes prevalence data from ABS National Health Measures Survey (2022–24) and National Health Survey (2022).
- Diabetes prevalence data from ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Measures Survey (2022–24) and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (2022–23).
- 2023–24 hospital separations to person ratios output from National Health Data Hub linked data.
- New 2024 Australian Burden of Disease Study data
- Update to the Diabetes text and visual content including:
- 2021–22 hospitalisations data
- 2022 deaths data
- 2022–23 emergency department data
- Data table: Diabetes: Australian facts added to Data.
Update to Diabetes Summary page including:
- New 2021–22 hospitalisations data
- New 2022 deaths data
- New 2022–23 emergency department data
- Data table: Diabetes: Australian facts added to Data.
Acknowledgements
The Diabetes: Australian facts report was produced by staff from the Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Kidney Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), under the guidance of Heidi Dietz and Amy Young. Input and advice provided by staff from other AIHW Units is greatly appreciated.
Valuable input was received from AIHW’s Diabetes Expert Advisory Group, whose members at the time of producing this report were: Jonathan Shaw (Chair), Justine Cain, Maria Craig, Wendy Davis, Mark Harris, Glynis Ross, Renza Scibilia, Sophia Zoungas, Deanne Minniecon and Alice Gibson.
The authors thank the individuals who shared their experiences for the Australian stories about living with diabetes.
The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing funded this report and the valuable comments received by individuals from the Department are also acknowledged.