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The BETTER registery in numbers
Last update: March 2020
Adults
(14 y.o. and older)
- 867 adults
- 64% of women
- 6.5% with LADA diabetes
- 47% use an insulin pump
- 78% use a CGM
- In average, 6 low blood sugar episodes (under 3 mmol/L) in the last month
- 13% have had a severe hypoglycemia in the past year
- 21% are covered by the RAMQ exclusively
Children
(13 y.o. and younger)
- 128 children
- 50% girls/boys
- 6.5% have A1C less than 7,0%
- 50% use an insulin pump
- 77% use a CGM
- 14% of parents report having been diagnosed with depression in the past year (1 or 2 parents)