Primary Health Promotion Against Diabetes In Australia

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AUSTRALIA
Primary Health Promotion Against Diabetes In Australia
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Diabetes is very common in Australia. According to the National Health Survey conducted
by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, about 1.2 million people are being diagnosed with
diabetes. It is an epidemic which posed as the biggest challenge confronting Australian health
system. Diabetes accounted for 12% death among the Australians in 2017, out of which type
2 diabetes is the most prevalent(Huo, Shaw, Wong, Harding, Peeters & Magliano, 2016).
Around 300 Australians develop diabetes everyday and the numbers are thought to increase
even more, if immediate, proper preventive measures are not undertaken.
Incidence and Prevalence of Diabetes in Australia
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one in twenty Australians (4.9%) are found
to be diagnosed with diabetes. Since 2000, the rates have increased from 3.2%, however, it
has remained constant since 2014-2015(Davis, Makepeace, Peters, Colclough & Davis,
2019). Type 2 diabetes was found to be more prevalent among the Australians than Type 1
diabetes, around 4% of people have Type 2 diabtes and 0.5% suffer from type 1 diabetes.
Over the past few years, the rate of Type 2 diabetes has increased drastically(3.7%), however
the proportion of Type 1 diabetes remained fairly constant.

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Fig. Rate of increase of diabetes in Australia
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Diabetes is said to be more common in males (around 5.6%) than females(around 3.3%). The
rate of diabetes was found to increase with age, it was found to be the most among people
aged 65-75 years (12.8% in 2000 – 16.1% in 2018), besides the adults who were above 75