Table 3
Characteristics of diabetes types 1 and 2 as assigned by Ng-Dasgupta-Johnson algorithm, Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 1.1

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  Type 1 (n=300) Type 2 (n=6,004)
% (unweighted)
Has diabetes
Yes 100 100
No 0 0
Diagnosed other than when pregnant
Yes 5 2
No/Not applicable/Not stated 95 98
Pills used in past month
Yes 0 16
No 25 9
Not asked 75 74
Currently taking insulin
Yes 100 20
No/Not applicable/Not stated 0 80
Current age
Less than 30 37 1
30 or older 63 99
Age at diagnosis
Less than 30 100 5
30 or older/Not stated 0 95
Time between diagnosis and starting insulin
Less than 1 month 94 11
1 to less than 2 months 2 1
2 to less than 6 months 4 1
6 months to less than 1 year 0 2
1 year or more 0 12
Never 0 74
Not applicable/Don't know 0 1
Data source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey, cycle 1.1.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "An algorithm to differentiate diabetic respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.