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The BETTER registry in numbers
Last update: July 2020
Adults
(14 y.o. and older)
- 1125 adults
- 62% of women / 38% of men
- 6.5% with LADA diabetes
- 30% have HbA1C less than 7.0%
- 43% use an insulin pump
- 76% use a CGM
- 84% use carb counting (insulin-to-carb ratio)
- On average, 6 low blood sugar episodes (under 3 mmol/L) in the last month
- 13% have had a severe hypoglycemia in the past year
- 20% are diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy
- 21% are covered by the RAMQ exclusively
- 24% live in Montreal
- 17% live in Montérégie
- 10% live in Estrie
- 49% distributed across the province
Children
(13 y.o. and younger)
- 128 children
- 52% girls / 48% boys
- 9% have HbA1C less than 7,0%
- 50% use an insulin pump
- 74% use a CGM
- 84% use carb counting (insulin-to-carb ratio)
- On average, 6 low blood sugar episodes (under 3 mmol/L) in the last month
- 13% of parents report having been diagnosed with depression in the past year (1 or 2 parents)
- 19% live in Montérégie
- 17% live in Capitale-Nationale
- 13% live in Montreal
- 51% distributed across the province