Table 2

Prevalence of diabetes per 1000 population within deprivation fifths by 10 year age bands showing the steepest gradient for those aged 40–69 years (1 = most affluent, 5 = most deprived)

Age		Deprivation groups
		Men				Women
		1	2			3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5
0–9	0	1.45	0.19	0.39	0.71		0	0	0.20	0.21	0.19
10–19	2.07	1.54	2.07	1.17	1.46		1.59	2.56	2.85	2.22	2.00
20–29	2.32	4.20	4.45	3.86	3.36		3.67	3.06	3.57	3.29	3.87
30–39	6.02	6.27	6.67	6.93	6.71		2.66	4.63	4.70	5.43	6.59
40–49	8.66	10.98	10.58	17.02	17.83		6.08	7.42	10.37	10.74	13.86
50–59	23.55	27.45	34.88	35.09	38.62		14.61	14.99	19.45	19.37	29.84
60–69	46.18	50.16	53.28	65.14	63.85		28.23	23.91	30.38	41.93	43.24
70–79	72.82	59.79	60.24	64.40	52.83		43.96	39.91	39.67	45.10	48.70
80+	51.28	58.61	92.72	68.58	53.98		46.41	56.15	62.89	40.07	41.52

1 = most affluent, 5 = most deprived.