06.02.13.09. The proportion of the population living with diabetes? | Hong Kong SAR

06.02.13.09. The proportion of the population living with diabetes? | Hong Kong SAR

22 Aug 2022

According to the population health survey in 2014/2015, 5.5% of the population aged 15 and above (5.6% for females and 5.4% for males) had doctor-diagnosed diabetes mellitus. The prevalence increased with age to a peak of 22.7% among people aged 75-84. More detailed information related to proportion of different age groups and gender are shown in Part 1 (Centre for Health Protection, 2017).

References:

Centre for Health Protection. (2017). Report of Population Health Survey 2014/15. Retrieved from https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/static/51256.html