[...]... seems to fall with increasing age of onset of diabetes (79) In comparison to nondiabetic populations, the relative risk (with 95% CI) of mortality for men diagnosed between the ages of 60 and 70 was 1. 38 (1. 08 1. 76) and for men diagnosed aged 70 yr or older was 1. 13 (0.88 1. 45) The findings for women were similar, with relative risks of 1. 40 (1. 10 1. 79) and 1. 19 (0.93 1. 52) for the 2 age groups respectively... 19 94 /19 95 ( 51) , with a further survey in the same city carried out in 2003/2004 reporting a diabetes prevalence of 14 .3% ( 31) A series of 3 surveys conducted in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has shown the prevalence of diabetes to have risen from 12 .8% in 19 87 to 15 .2% in 19 92, and 17 .9% in 19 98 (52) In China, national surveys assessing the prevalence of diabetes were conducted in 19 94 /19 95 and 2000/20 01. .. (7), Indonesia (8), and Iceland (9), whereas the Middle-Eastern states of the United Arab Emirates (10 ) Bahrain (11 ) and Saudi Arabia (12 14 ), the Pacific archipelago of Tonga (15 ), and Singapore (16 ) in South East Asia had prevalences of over 12 %, among their adult populations The IDF analysis also included comparisons of prevalences, based on standardising all rates to a common age and sex structure... the incidence of diabetes among those in the intensive lifestyle study arms compared to those in the control arms Furthermore, a placebo Adjusted relative risk 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 . Science University Beaverton, OR ISBN: 97 8 -1 -5 882 9-7 9 4-5 e-ISBN: 97 8 -1 -6 032 7-0 4 3-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 20089235 01 ©2008 Humana Press, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All. Indonesia (8), and Iceland (9), whereas the Middle-Eastern states of the United Arab Emirates (10 ) Bahrain (11 ) and Saudi Arabia (12 14 ), the Pacific archipelago of Tonga (15 ), and Singapore (16 ) in. prevalence of 14 .3% ( 31) . A series of 3 surveys conducted in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has shown the prevalence of diabetes to have risen from 12 .8% in 19 87 to 15 .2% in 19 92, and 17 .9% in 19 98