What’s New
Click here to access our 2009 Alberta Diabetes Atlas, released on November 12, 2009. The Atlas contains information on the number of people living with diabetes in Alberta, their related health conditions, and the health services they use. New sections include: health care utilization costs of diabetes to the health system, as well as epidemiological trends for children and adolescents.
Click here to view our latest newsletter entitled ‘Health Care Costs for Children and Adults with Diabetes by Alberta Health Zone ’. In it, we have profiled health care costs for people with diabetes across Alberta's five health zones.
The Public Health Agency of Canada recently announced that the ADSS team will receive a second year of funding to continue its active dissemination efforts. The ADSS team's activities include providing primary care network visits, community specific data for evaluation and planning, and continued development of its interactive website, which will launch later this year.
We have recently created a figure that highlights diabetes prevalence in different Alberta communities. It’s interesting to note the Alberta communities with the highest and lowest prevalence. Click here to see more.
Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2009
The Alberta Diabetes Atlas provides information on the number of people living with diabetes in Alberta, their related health conditions, and the health services they use. Cardiovascular disease, renal disease, eye disease and mental health disorders are all some of the comorbidities of diabetes that are reported on in the Alberta Diabetes Atlas. The Atlas offers health care providers and policy makers with up to date information on the scope of diabetes in Alberta and vital information necessary for program planning and development. By reporting on the patterns of health care use over time and across the zones of Alberta, the Atlas is effective as a measurement tool on healthcare changes and healthcare outcomes.
The content in the 2009 Alberta Diabetes Atlas is an enhancement of the information that was presented in the last edition (2007). The atlas includes health care utilization costs of diabetes to the health system, as well as epidemiological trends for children and adolescents and diabetic patients with hypertension; health care utilization data for the under-20-year old population, as well as the Status Aboriginal population. Two chapters have been expanded – “Diabetes and Stroke” includes information on the different types of stroke and “Diabetes and Lower Limb Amputations” includes information on foot disease.
Download the Atlas
= Zip package download
Individual Chapters of the Atlas
- Background and Methods
- Epidemiological Trends of Diabetes in Alberta
- Diabetes in
Children and
Adolescents
- Diabetes and Health
Care Utilization
in Alberta
- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Alberta
- Diabetes, Foot Disease and Lower Limb Amputations in Alberta
- Diabetes and Kidney Disease in Alberta
- Diabetes and Eye Disease in Alberta
- Diabetes and Mental Health Disorders in Alberta
- Diabetes and the Status Aboriginal Population in Alberta
- Key Findings and Policy Options
- Glossary/Abbreviations
= Adobe Acrobat Document (PDF)