Admission rates for many diabetes-related complications have stabilised over the past decade, but admissions for stroke, hyperglycaemia and amputations for diabetic foot continue to rise in Australia, data show.

A study of trends for major diabetes complications shows the patterns are different depending on diabetes type, with improved management of type 2 disease largely confined to patients over 60, the authors say.

The study covered nearly 71,000 people with type 1 diabetes and 1.1 million with type 2 diabetes in the Australian diabetes registry and spanned the years from July 2010 to June 2019.

Linkage with hospital admission data showed lower extremity amputations were one of the most common major complications, particularly among young and middle-aged patients, rising by 3.1% in people with type 2 diabetes.