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The Australasian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN) project captures clinical data from thousands of people living with type 1 diabetes on a single purpose built database.
There were 134,735 people with type 1 diabetes registered with the Australian National Diabetes Services Scheme ( NDSS ) as of 30th September 2022, and 4090 new people registered over the last 12 months. In 2020 there were 3107 diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in Australia, and over half of these were in children or young people under 25. The highest incidence rate of type 1 diabetes is in children between 10 and 14, at around 35 cases per 100,000 people in the population ( AIHW ).
The clinical management of type 1 diabetes involves the replacement of insulin by injection or infusion, adherence to a well-balanced diet and regular physical activity, with monitoring of blood glucose either intermittently or continuously. The overall aim of treatment is to normalise blood glucose levels to prevent the complications that develop when blood glucose levels are high, whilst also avoiding the major side effect of insulin therapy - low blood glucose or ‘hypoglycaemia’.
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