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Table 2 Estimation of the diabetes mellitus population burden by applying the prevalence rates to Maltese population data by age and gender

Maltese Population Diabetes Prevalence
Age	Total Maltese Population by age^a	Total (CI)	Previously Known (CI)	Unknown Diabetics (CI)
25–34	62,180	404 (143–964)		404 (143–964)
35–44	56,575	2,489 (1,765–3,491)	933 (515–1,641)	1,556 (996–2,399)
45–54	55,113	5,054 (4,007–6,332)	2,712 (1,962–3,726)	2,337 (1,642–3,296)
55–64	59,268	11,611 (10,052–13,347)	6,638 (5,435–8,060)	4,976 (3,935–6,253)
Total	233,136	19,558 (15,967–24,134)	10,283 (7,912–13,427)	9,273 (6,716–12,911)
Age	Male Maltese Population by age^a	Maltese Male Population Diabetes Prevalence
Age	Male Maltese Population by age^a	Total (CI)	Previously Known (CI)	Unknown Diabetics (CI)
25–34	32,359
35–44	29,143	1,781 (1,195–2,611)	667 (332–1,271)	1,113 (664–1,821)
45–54	27,728	4,204 (3,252–5,368)	2,426 (1,708–3,397)	1,777 (1,173–2,651)
55–64	29,585	6,935 (5,784–8,236)	3,763 (2,896–4,840)	3,172 (2,379–4,189)
Total	118,815	12,920 (10,231–16,216)	6,856 (4,937–9,507)	6,062 (4,216–8,661)
Age	Female Maltese Population by age^a	Maltese Female Population Diabetes Prevalence
Age	Female Maltese Population by age^a	Total (CI)	Previously Known (CI)	Unknown Diabetics (CI)
25–34	29,821	397 (143–945)		397 (143–945)
35–44	27,432	658 (313–1,300)	247 (49–749)	411 (148–977)
45–54	27,385	1,060 (633–1,733)	424 (173–934)	630 (318–1,210)
55–64	29,683	4,625 (3,648–5,806)	2,853 (2087–3,856)	1,772 (1,178–2,624)
Total	114,321	6,740 (4,736–9,785)	3,524 (2,309–5,539)	3,210 (1,787–5,756)

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