Written Question · S3W-08716 · Session 3
What the incidence is of (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in each NHS board area, broken down by ethnic group.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the incidence is of (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes in each NHS board area, broken down by ethnic group.
The answer
Information onthe incidence (diagnosis of new cases) of diabetes is not held centrally. Thisis because data on the date of diagnosis is still largely incomplete and unreliablein diabetes registers. There are, however, some specific research studies thathave reported on the incidence of diabetes using research registers. Forexample, the Scottish Study Group for the Care of diabetes in the youngreported on the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children (Rangasami JJ, Greenwood DC, McSporran B, Smail PJ, Patterson CC,Waugh NR. Rising incidence of type 1 diabetes in Scottish children, 1984-93.The Scottish Study Group for the Care of Young Diabetics. Arch.Dis.Child1997;77:210-3). As far as we are aware, these studies have not includedinformation on ethnicity.
Information onthe prevalence (number of cases of diabetes in the population at a particularpoint in time) of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in each NHS board area isavailable from the annual Scottish Diabetes Survey. This survey includes datafrom primary and secondary care and is currently the most comprehensive sourceof information on diabetes in Scotland. The survey was first published in 2001.The most recent report (for 2005) is available at:
http://www.diabetesinscotland.org/diabetes/MaintainPages/pdfFiles/SDS2005.pdf.
Information aboutethnic differences in diabetes prevalence is not currently available at anational level. In the 2005 Scottish Diabetes Survey, data about ethnicity wasonly available for around a quarter of all patients. This would not give reliablebreakdowns by ethnic group. The Diabetes Action Plan (Scottish Government,2006) set a target that all areas should have a record of ethnicity for over80% of patients on the register by the end of 2008.
However, A report by the National Resource Centre forEthnic Minority Health (NRCEMH) describes the prevalence of diabetes amongethnic minority groups in Glasgow and reports that diabetes prevalence wasparticularly high among Pakistani people see:
http://www.nrcemh.nhsscotland.com/pdfs/Full%20Diabetes%20Report.pdf.
Also, a study of diabetes among ethnic minorities inTayside NHS Board area found that the prevalence of diabetes among South Asianswas almost twice as high as that in the non-South Asian population see:
http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/phs/research/Retrocoding%20final%20report.pdf,table 3.6, page 30.
The ScottishPublic Health Observatory (ScotPHO) website (www.scotpho.org.uk) provides a guide tofurther sources of information on diabetes in Scotland, under the Health, Wellbeing and Disease tab at:
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/Healthwell-beinganddisease/Diabetes/diabetes_keypoints.asp.
Information onthe prevalence (number of cases of diabetes in the population at a particularpoint in time) of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in each NHS board area isavailable from the annual Scottish Diabetes Survey. This survey includes datafrom primary and secondary care and is currently the most comprehensive sourceof information on diabetes in Scotland. The survey was first published in 2001.The most recent report (for 2005) is available at:
http://www.diabetesinscotland.org/diabetes/MaintainPages/pdfFiles/SDS2005.pdf.
Information aboutethnic differences in diabetes prevalence is not currently available at anational level. In the 2005 Scottish Diabetes Survey, data about ethnicity wasonly available for around a quarter of all patients. This would not give reliablebreakdowns by ethnic group. The Diabetes Action Plan (Scottish Government,2006) set a target that all areas should have a record of ethnicity for over80% of patients on the register by the end of 2008.
However, A report by the National Resource Centre forEthnic Minority Health (NRCEMH) describes the prevalence of diabetes amongethnic minority groups in Glasgow and reports that diabetes prevalence wasparticularly high among Pakistani people see:
http://www.nrcemh.nhsscotland.com/pdfs/Full%20Diabetes%20Report.pdf.
Also, a study of diabetes among ethnic minorities inTayside NHS Board area found that the prevalence of diabetes among South Asianswas almost twice as high as that in the non-South Asian population see:
http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/phs/research/Retrocoding%20final%20report.pdf,table 3.6, page 30.
The ScottishPublic Health Observatory (ScotPHO) website (www.scotpho.org.uk) provides a guide tofurther sources of information on diabetes in Scotland, under the Health, Wellbeing and Disease tab at:
http://www.scotpho.org.uk/home/Healthwell-beinganddisease/Diabetes/diabetes_keypoints.asp.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-08716 by reference.