Table 1

Diabetes status in the 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey II (OHS II) compared to the Ontario Diabetes Registry (ODD)




Physician diagnosed diabetes(95% Confidence Interval)









Diabetes mellitus
No diabetes mellitus



Self-reported diabetes status*
Diabetes mellitus
N (unweighted)
840
68
908


% (weighted)
46.8
0.25



Mean HUI3 (unadjusted, weighted)
0.799 (0.773 – 0.826)
0.862 (0.811 – 0.914)



Mean HUI3 (age-adjusted, weighted)
0.891 (0.865 – 0.917)
0.729 (0.678 – 0.780)




No diabetes mellitus
N (unweighted)
830
21,325
22,155


% (weighted)
53.2
99.8



Mean HUI3 (weighted)
0.872 (0.854 – 0.889)
0.917 (0.888 – 0.945)



Mean HUI3 (age-adjusted, weighted)
0.906 (0.889 – 0.923)
0.916 (0.888 – 0.944)





1,670
21,393
23,063

Sensitivity of self-reported DM = 46.8% Specificity of self-reported DM = 99.8% * Self-reported DM status from the 1996/97 Ontario Health Survey: "Do you have diabetes diagnosed by a health professional?" DM status from the Ontario Diabetes Database (ODD) Abbreviations: DM diabetes mellitus, HUI3 Health Utilities Index Mark III

Manuel and Schultz Population Health Metrics 2004 2:4   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-4