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Table 2 Frequency of A1C testing among Saskatchewan adults with Diabetes by Demographic Characteristics

From: Measuring quality of diabetes care by linking health care system administrative databases with laboratory data

 

Number of persons with diabetes*

Persons with >= 2 A1C tests/year

Persons with >= 3 A1C tests/year

  

number

%

OR (95% CI)

number

%

OR (95% CI)

ALL SASK

48200

18256

38.4

 

8436

17.5

 

female

23028

8767

38.1

0.99(0.95-1.03)

4000

17.4

1.00(0.95-1.04)

male†

25172

9759

38.8

 

4436

17.6

 

ETHNICITY

       

FN

5959

1747

29.3

0.69(0.65-0.74)

692

11.6

0.65(0.60-0.71)

OSK†

42241

16779

39.7

 

7744

18.3

 

LOCATION

       

urban†

25809

10351

40.1

 

4855

18.8

 

non-urban

22338

8160

36.5

0.85(0.82-0.88)

3572

16.0

0.81(0.77-0.85)

  1. All rates are crude rates
  2. *Includes prevalent diabetes cases aged 20 years and older at beginning of fiscal year 2005/06 and who survived the year with SK Ministry of Health insurance coverage
  3. †Reference category