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Since the Insulin Pumpers® support lists and web site were opened to the general public in mid 1997, we have provided support to 23448 individuals and families coping with diabetes, its aggravations and complications. These pages will tell you a little about insulin pump use, diabetes in general and our membership. Enjoy!

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This graph shows the age distribution at the time of diagnosis for members of the Insulin Pumpers® mail list.

Most, but not all pumpers are type 1.
Last updated Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 12:56:58 PST

Age at Diagnosis

 
This graph shows the Carb/Insulin Ratio distribution for members of the Insulin Pumpers® mail list.

Last updated Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 12:56:58 PST

Carb/Insulin Ratio


 
The plots below show the difference in hbA1c before and after using an insulin pump. The data is from the members of the Insulin Pumpers® mail lists.
Last updated Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 12:29:56 PST
BEST hbA1c's before the pump BEST hbA1c's using the pump
WORST hbA1c's before the pump WORST hbA1c's using the pump
LAST hbA1c's before the pump LAST hbA1c's using the pump
 

Bar Graph data were updated Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 13:15:02 PST
and represent only current members of the Insulin Pumpers mail list.
List Membership Composition
May be more than 100% if a member is in more than one category.
2847 or 96% of represented forum members use an insulin pump
Person with diabetes 86%
Parents/caretakers of person with diabetes 10%
Medical Professionals 5%
Close friend/family member has diabetes 6%
Other published data indicates that more women than men surf the net.
The membership gender distribution may be skewed due to this phenomenum.
Male Pumpers 39%
Female Pumpers 61%
Type 1 96%
Type 2 4%
Pumps currently used by Pump Users
Annual cost = $1,500 ea. -- $33,906,000 for our 22604 pump families
(4 year amortization)
AccuChek Spirit 1%
Animas R-1000 1%
Animas IR1000 1%
Animas IR1200 3%
Animas IR1250 6%
Animas IR2020 4%
Animas Ping 4%
Disetronic DTRON 1%
Disetronic DTRONplus 1%
Disetronic HTRONplus v100 3%
Insulet OmniPod 3%
MiniMed 506 1%
MiniMed 507 2%
MiniMed 507C 4%
MiniMed 508 13%
Medtronic Paradigm (511) 6%
Medtronic 512 4%
Medtronic 712 3%
Medtronic 515 4%
Medtronic 715 5%
Medtronic 522 8%
Medtronic 722 8%
Medtronic 551 3%
Medtronic 751 1%
Medtronic 670G 1%
Medtronic Revel/523 11%
Favorite pump colors
Charcoal 36%
Green 4%
Grey 13%
Clear 11%
Purple 8%
Blue 25%
White 1%
Pink 1%
Pumps previously used by Pump Users
Animas IR1000 4%
Animas IR1200 2%
Animas IR1250 2%
Animas IR2020 2%
Disetronic Dahedi 25 4%
Disetronic HTRON v100 6%
Disetronic HTRONplus v100 6%
MiniMed 504 8%
MiniMed 506 7%
MiniMed 507 11%
MiniMed 508 1%
Medtronic Paradigm (511) 8%
Medtronic 512 3%
Medtronic 712 2%
Medtronic 515 2%
Medtronic 715 3%
Medtronic 522 3%
OmniPod 5%
Number of Basal Rates used
Just 1 9%
     2 13%
     3 16%
     4 24%
     5 14%
     6 9%
     7 5%
     8 6%
     9 2%
    10 or more 2%
Infusion Sets currently used by Pump Users
Please e-mail Editor@insulin-pumpers.org if your Infusion Set is not in this list.
May be more than 100% since some pumpers use more than one type of set.
Bent Needle 1%
Roche/Disetronic FlexLink 2%
Contact / Rapids / Sure-T 3%
Roche/Disetronic Ultraflex 2%
Comfort / Tender / Silhouette 32%
MiniMed SofSet 18%
MiniMed QuickSet, SimpleChoice Quick 27%
MiniMed Micro 2%
SimpleChoice Easy 1%
Unomedical Inset 30 1%
Unomedical Inset 11%
Unomedical Mio 1%
Smiths Medical Cleo 3%
Medtronic Mio 1%
Tubing Length preferred by Pump Users
Long, appx. 43"/110cm 40%
Medium, appx. 31"/80cm 13%
Short, appx. 24"/61cm 47%
Average frequency of infusion set change 3.33 days
Annual cost = $1,644 ea. -- $37,164,234 for our 22604 pump families n=552
Every 2 days 9%
Every 3 days 48%
Twice a week 27%
Every 4 days 9%
Every 5 days 5%
Every 6 days 1%
Weekly 1%
Average Daily Insulin Use is 42 units for 521 pumpers
Average Daily Insulin for Type 2's is 69 units
Annual cost = $1,379 ea. -- $31,186,738 for our 22604 pump families
(Add 25% for insulin used for priming and in disgarded reservoirs)
10 units per day 5%
20 units per day 15%
30 units per day 33%
40 units per day 20%
50 units per day 11%
60 units per day 8%
70 units per day 5%
80 units per day 1%
90 units per day 2%
Type of Insulin used in pumps
Apidra® 3%
Humalog® 55%
Novolog®/NovoRapid® 41%
regular insulin 1%
Pumpers mixing Humalog® and a regular insulin
baseline November 2001
pumpers that DO NOT mix 94%
pumpers that MIX Humalog® and V or R 6%
Pumpers mixing Humalog® and a regular insulin
pumpers that DO NOT mix 99%
pumpers that MIX Humalog® and V or R 1%
Of mixers, ratios of MIX used
(5/1) five parts Humalog® / one part V or R 50%
(3/1) three parts Humalog® / one part V or R 50%
Pumpers test their blood sugar 7.3 times per day
Annual cost = $1,729 ea. -- $39,093,585 for our 22604 pump families
Twice a day 1%
Three times a day 3%
Four times a day 9%
Five times a day 9%
Six times a day 20%
Seven times a day 13%
Eight times a day 19%
Nine times a day 5%
Ten times a day 13%
Eleven times a day 1%
Twelve times a day 5%
Thirteen times a day 1%
15 or more times daily 1%
Glucose Meters in use by list members
Please e-mail Editor@insulin-pumpers.org if your Glucose Meter is not in this list.
May be more than 100% since some members use more than one meter.
Accu-Chek Compact 1%
Accu-Chek Complete 4%
Advantage 4%
BD Logic 2%
Bayer Ascensia Breeze 2%
Bayer Dex 3%
Cozmonitor 3%
Glucometer Elite 1%
Instant 1%
Lifescan FastTake 1%
Lifescan One Touch Profile 2%
Lifescan One Touch 33%
MediSense Precision QID 1%
MediSense Precision Xtra 1%
Paradigm Link 11%
Smiths Medical Cozmore 4%
TheraSense Freestyle 13%
ThereSense Flash 4%
Ultra Smart 10%
Ultra 24%
Month of Diagnosis    556 samples
Many times diagnosis is preciptated by an illness, since routine illness occurs
more frequently in colder months we would expect this to be indicated in the data
January 15%
February 8%
March 9%
April 9%
May 7%
June 9%
July 7%
August 6%
September 8%
October 8%
November 6%
December 7%
Month of Pump Start    556 samples
January 20%
February 6%
March 9%
April 7%
May 8%
June 7%
July 7%
August 7%
September 8%
October 7%
November 6%
December 7%

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