Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities
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Topic: Diabetes
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013) Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 November 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2013). Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities. AIHW, 2013.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities. Canberra: AIHW; 2013.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013, Diabetes and disability: impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions and comorbidities, AIHW, Canberra.
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The report examines the association between diabetes and disability in Australia using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009. People with diabetes were twice as likely to have a disability (39% compared with 17%) and almost 3 times as likely to have a severe or profound limitation (14% compared with 5%) than people without diabetes. Among working-age people with diabetes and disability, 40% said they were permanently unable to work compared with 20% of people with a disability who did not have diabetes. People with diabetes reported higher rates of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, depression, vision loss and kidney related disorders than people without diabetes.
- ISSN: 1444-8033
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-499-9
- Cat. no: CVD 63
- Pages: 92
Findings from this report:
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Among all people with loss of sight, 17% reported having diabetes
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Of those with a disability caused by diabetes, 59% accessed treatment but were still restricted in daily activities
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Eleven per cent of people with diabetes (almost 90,000 Australians) reported they had a disability caused by diabetes
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In 2009, of the estimated 827,020 people in Australia who had diabetes, 53% reported they had a disability