Diabetes in Finland

Social refunds for diabetes medicines granted by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, as of 31.12.2010
New special refunds for diabetes medicines in 2010
Refunds end up in death 2010

Finland has a population of 5.4 million. There are about 40 000 people with type 1 diabetes and about 250 000 people with type 2 diabetes in Finland. About 4 400 children under the age of 16 have diabetes. The number of undiagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes is estimated at 200 000.

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Social refunds for diabetes medicines granted by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, as of 31.12.2010

Age (years)	Total	Male	Female
Total	228 225	123 073	105 152
0-15	4 398	2 391	2 007
16-64	107 599	64 714	42 885
Over 64	116 228	55 968	60 260
0-4	313	179	134
5-9	1 253	663	590
10-14	2 310	1 247	1 063
15-19	2 754	1 493	1 230
20-24	2 850	1 608	1 242
25-29	3 049	1 744	1 305
30-34	3 505	2 046	1 459
35-39	4 124	2 469	1 655
40-44	6 866	4 130	2 736
45-49	10 560	6 410	4 150
50-54	15 367	9 398	5 969
55-59	23 244	14 076	9 168
60-64	35 802	21 611	14 191
65-69	31 608	18 651	12 957
70-74	27 882	14 900	12 982
75-79	24 713	11 702	13 011
80-84	19 118	7 355	11 763
85-89	9 593	2 701	6 892
90-94	2 792	579	2 213
95-99	522	80	442

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New special refunds for diabetes medicines in 2010

Age (years)	Total	Male	Female
Total	24 175	13 285	10 890
0-15	543	299	244
16-64	13 433	8 004	5 429
Over 64	10 199	4 982	5 217
0-4	149	87	62
5-9	171	81	90
10-14	192	112	80
15-19	110	69	41
20-24	87	50	37
25-29	164	100	64
30-34	219	139	80
35-39	430	253	177
40-44	907	560	347
45-49	1 444	864	580
50-54	2 254	1 394	860
55-59	3 277	1 921	1 356
60-64	4 572	2 673	1 899
65-69	3 486	1 969	1 517
70-74	2 807	1 450	1 357
75-79	1 939	886	1 053
80-84	1 299	485	814
85-89	543	163	380
90-94	83	22	61
95-99	24	6	18

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Refunds end up in death 2010

Age (years)	Total	Male	Female
Total	8 351	4 473	3 878
0-15	1	1	0
16-64	1 368	1 036	332
Over 64	6 982	3 436	3 546
0-4	0	0	0
5-9	1	1	0
10-14	0	0	0
15-19	2	1	1
20-24	7	6	1
25-29	5	2	3
30-34	7	4	3
35-39	16	10	6
40-44	50	36	14
45-49	92	75	17
50-54	176	129	47
55-59	364	286	78
60-64	649	487	162
65-69	735	518	217
70-74	955	646	309
75-79	1 311	768	543
80-84	1 622	801	821
85-89	1 506	491	1 015
90-94	672	174	498
95-99	181	38	143

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