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Hello guys!
I stumbled across this interesting page on the Diabetes UK site:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/Scotland/Diabetes_in_your_area_Scotland/Grampian/
As you can see, it gives different figures regarding health stats of diabetics by region (in this case, Grampian which is my region).
The thing I find most interesting is just how few T1D's are achieving an A1c of <53mmol/L... In my area it's a mere 7.8% and in Scotland as a whole we're looking at just 10.7%. I wonder what the main cause is for this? Attitude, diet, activity levels, age, education, support facilities?
Another thing to note is the MINUTE percentage of persons using insulin pumps in Scotland. Even though only 10.7% are on target for their A1c's, only 2.5% are pumping. Eligibility and funding still seems to be a huge challenge in Scotland. As I'm sure it is in the rest of the UK.
Would be interesting to see what others have to say on this topic and how their regions compare with mine, whether in Scotland, England, Wales or NI.
All the best
Grant
I stumbled across this interesting page on the Diabetes UK site:
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/In_Your_Area/Scotland/Diabetes_in_your_area_Scotland/Grampian/
As you can see, it gives different figures regarding health stats of diabetics by region (in this case, Grampian which is my region).
The thing I find most interesting is just how few T1D's are achieving an A1c of <53mmol/L... In my area it's a mere 7.8% and in Scotland as a whole we're looking at just 10.7%. I wonder what the main cause is for this? Attitude, diet, activity levels, age, education, support facilities?
Another thing to note is the MINUTE percentage of persons using insulin pumps in Scotland. Even though only 10.7% are on target for their A1c's, only 2.5% are pumping. Eligibility and funding still seems to be a huge challenge in Scotland. As I'm sure it is in the rest of the UK.
Would be interesting to see what others have to say on this topic and how their regions compare with mine, whether in Scotland, England, Wales or NI.
All the best
Grant