Key Messages
Prevalence
Incidence
Technical Notes
Key Messages
- There were approximately 55,000 Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+) living with diabetes in 2019, including nearly 3,000 individuals newly diagnosed with diabetes. This means that one-in-ten Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+) were living with diabetes and that for every 1,000 Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+), six were newly diagnosed with diabetes.
- Diabetes prevalence rates significantly increased from 2009 to 2019. Diabetes incidence rates have remained stable since 2015.
- Diabetes prevalence is highest among older adult (65+) males and diabetes incidence is highest among males 45 years of age and older.
- Diabetes prevalence and incidence rates are highest among those living in areas with the most material deprivation and lowest among those living in areas with the least deprivation.
According to the Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD), in 2019, approximately 55,000 (or one-in-ten) Simcoe Muskoka adults (20 years and older) were living with diabetes.
The age-standardized adult diabetes prevalence rate in Simcoe Muskoka have been consistently lower than the provincial rates since 2009. The adult prevalence rates have increased significantly, both locally and provincially from 2009 to 2019.
The prevalence of diabetes increases significantly with age. In 2019, diabetes prevalence in Simcoe Muskoka was highest among those 65 years and older (31 cases per 100 among males and 22 cases per 100 among females).
In 2019, Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+) living in areas with the highest amount of material deprivation (as measured by the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index) had the highest diabetes prevalence rate and those living in areas with the least amount of material deprivation had the lowest rate.
Incidence
The rate of new diabetes cases (also called the incidence rate) provides a measure of the risk of developing diabetes over a given period of time. This is different from the diabetes prevalence rates presented above, which provide a measure of how wide spread diabetes is over a given period of time. In 2019, there were nearly 3,000 new cases of diabetes diagnosed among Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+) which equates to an age-standardized incidence rate of 5.9 (5.7, 6.1) new cases per 1,000. The annual adult diabetes incidence rates in Simcoe Muskoka decreased significantly from 2009 to 2014; however, the rates have remained relatively stable since then. The Simcoe Muskoka incidence rates have been consistently lower than the provincial incidence rates.
In 2019, adult diabetes incidence in Simcoe Muskoka was highest among those 45 to 64 years of age (10 per 1,000 among males and 7 per 1,000 among females) and those 65 years of age and older (11 per 1,000 among males and 8 per 1,000 among females). Diabetes incidence is significantly higher among males when compared to females for those 45 years of age and older.
In 2019, Simcoe Muskoka adults (20+) living in areas with the highest amount of material deprivation (as measured by the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index) had the highest diabetes incidence rate and those living in areas with the least amount of material deprivation had the lowest rate.
Technical Notes
Information presented on this page is from the report by Refik Saskin and Luis Palma titled Chronic disease trends in Simcoe Muskoka. The report was completed in February of 2023 as part of the response to an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Applied Health Research Question (AHRQ) submitted to the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). The data source citation for counts, rates and other figures extracted from the report is: ICES AHRQ Project 2023 0950 141 000.
This AHQR study was supported by ICES, which is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health. The opinions, results and conclusions are those of the authors and are independent from the funding and data sources. No endorsement by ICES, the Ontario Ministry of Health, or CIHI is intended or should be inferred. The contents and interpretation of this web page are solely the responsibility of SMDHU.
page last updated February 3, 2023