The data requested are not collected in the requested format. However, ‘Growing Up with Diabetes: Children and Young People with Diabetes in England’ reported that in February 2009 there were 22,947 people aged 0 to 17 years in England with diabetes and 2,052 people aged between 0 to 17 years in the East of England Strategic Health Authority (SHA) with diabetes.
The following table shows all types of diabetes by age in the East of England Strategic Health Authority (SHA).
Age (years) SHA 0-4 5-9 10-14 15 16 17 Total 0-17 population East of England 81 383 866 250 238 234 2,052 1,226,621 London 151 497 1039 266 266 233 2,452 1,627,757 South East Coast 97 446 1103 267 353 233 2,499 924,546
The survey did not collect data on people aged 18 and over and data are only available by SHA.
Data are not collected in the format requested. Data from the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF) about the number of people recorded on diabetes registers are available for NHS organisations. However, it is not possible to separate the data by gender or by age.
Table 1 presents data for Southend PCT for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06 but in October 2006 this PCT was abolished and became part of South East Essex.
Number 2004-05 5,193 2005-06 5,786
Table 2 presents data for the current PCTs in Essex with figures for years in which there was a different structure summed to the current structure.
Mid Essex North East Essex South East Essex1 South West Essex West Essex Total 2004-05 11,007 10,542 10,439 12,390 8,729 53,107 2005-06 11,932 11,537 11,549 13,797 9,295 58,110 2006-07 12,405 12,433 12,499 14,298 9,713 61,348 2007-08 12,926 13,117 13,678 15,543 10,284 65,548 2008-09 14,041 13,948 14,574 16,530 11,051 70,144 1 PCT figures includes figures for Southend PCT from previous table.
Table 3 shows data for the current PCTs in Kent with figures for years in which there was a different structure summed to the current structure.
Medway Eastern and Coastal Kent West Kent Total 2004-05 8,919 26,133 21,040 56,092 2005-06 9,667 27,821 22,139 59,627 2006-07 10,377 28,913 23,082 62,372 2007-08 11,562 31,182 24,666 67,410 2008-09 12,583 33,374 26,145 72,102
Table 4 provides data for the London strategic health authority with figures for previous structures summed to the current area.
Number 2004-05 278,527 2005-06 295,877 2006-07 300,567 2007-08 320,577 2008-09 337,561
Table 5 provides data for England.
Number 2004-05 1,766,391 2005-06 1,890,663 2006-07 1,961,976 2007-08 2,088,335 2008-09 2,213,138
Data are not available from either Hospital Episode Statistics or the National Diabetes Audit to identify people hospitalised as a result of eating or drinking products labelled sugar-free which included sucrose or other sugar products.
Officials at the Food Standards Agency have advised that they have not had recent discussions with food manufacturers about the accuracy of the sugar content of foods.
Under the European Union Regulation EC/1924/2006, a claim that a food is sugar-free may only be made where the product contains no more than 0.5 g of sugars per 100 g or 100 ml. It is the responsibility of local authorities to enforce the EU regulations.