Table 3 Realization of the control measurement and achieving the recommended level of HbA1c by 2-class area classification
2-class classification of areas | Numbers of patients and their areal percentage distribution | Proportions of HbA1c measured patients to the diagnosed (%) | Proportions of HbA1c <7 % patients to the measured (%) | Patients’ mean driving distances and the rangesa in km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Population center = urban | 6754 (70.3 %) | 83.0 | 72.0 | 2.1 (0–22.5) |
Outside population center = rural | 2852 (29.7 %) | 83.0 | 70.7 | 14.9 (1–91.8) |
Total | 9606 (100 %) |  |  | 5.9 (0–91.8) |