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The European Journal of Public Health 2003 13(Supplement 3):51-54; doi:10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_3.51
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European Union diabetes indicators: fact or fiction?

C.E. De Beaufort1, A. Reunanen2, V. Raleigh3, F. Storms4, L. Kleinebreil5, R. Gallego6, C. Giorda7, K. Midthjell8, M. Jecht9, I. De Leeuw10, E. Schober11, G. Boran12 and G. Tolis13

1 Clinique Pédiatrique Luxemburg GDLuxemburg
2 National Public Health Institute Helsinki, Finland
3 Commission for Health Improvement London, UK
4 MESOS Diabetes Centrum Bilthoven, The Netherlands
5 Hopital G Pompidou Paris, France
6 Ministry of Health Lisbon, Portugal
7 Ospedale Maggiore Chieri, Italy
8 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Verdal, Norway
9 GK Havelhohe Med Klinik/Diabetologie Berlin, Germany
10 University Hospital Antwerp Belgium
11 University Children's Hospital Vienna, Austria
12 Adelaide and Health Hospital Dublin, Ireland
13 Hippokratis General Hospital Athens, Greece

Correspondence: Dr C.E. de Beaufort, Clinique Pédiatrique, 4 rue Barbié, 1210 Luxembourg, GD de Luxembourg, e-mail: debeaufort.carine{at}chl.lu

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in EU/EFTA countries. Monitoring risk factors for diabetes and its complications will offer the possibility to evaluate the development in time as well as the influence of possible interventions. In this investigation a list with core and secondary indicators is proposed. Availability of these indicators and their data sources is discussed. An important variability of data sources is used in EU/EFTA countries, interfering with the comparability of the outcome. Further harmonisation as well as continuous evaluation of data sources will be necessary to provide reliable tools to monitor diabetes mellitus and its outcome on a routine basis.

Keywords: complications, diabetes mellitus, European Union, indicators


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