Table 2 Realization of the control measurement and achieving the recommended level of HbA1c by 7-class area classification
7-class classification of areas | Numbers of patients and their areal percentage distribution | Proportions of HbA1c measured patientsa to the diagnosed (%) | Proportions of HbA1c <7 % patientsa to the measured (%) | Patients’ mean driving distances and the rangesb in km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Inner urban area | 849 (8.8 %) | 82.8 | 74.8 | 2.0 (0–4.0) |
Outer urban area | 1433 (14.9 %) | 80.5 | 75.6 | 2.1 (0–9.5) |
Peri-urban area | 644 (6.7 %) | 85.6 | 74.8 | 5.0 (0.1–27.1) |
Local centers in rural areas | 1414 (14.7 %) | 79.9 | 69.2 | 1.8 (0–5.7) |
Rural areas close to urban areas | 725 (7.5 %) | 84.6 | 71.8 | 7.8 (0–27.9) |
Rural heartland areas | 2376 (24.7 %) | 84.9 | 73.1 | 6.0 (0–36.0) |
Sparsely populated rural areas | 2165 (22.5 %) | 83.5 | 66.7 | 12.1 (0–91.8) |
Total | 9606 (100 %) |  |  | 5.9 (0–91.8) |