Common Assumptions
More than 1/3 of patients continue to experience severe and level 2 hypoglycemia, despite having one of these.
What are CGMs?
The estimated amount of patients living with diabetes taking insulin and/or insulin secretagogues.
What is 15 million?
The annual financial impact from hypoglycemia-related hospitalizations.
What is $1.6 Billion?
The percentage of patients and/or caregivers that did not discuss their most recent severe hypoglycemic event with their HCP.
What is 40%?
The amount of at-risk patients with a ready-to-use glucagon. Percentage.
What is 4%?
The amount of emergency room visits in 2020 due to severe hypoglycemia.
What is 202,000?
Around 66% of patients with glucose <40mg/dL did not achieve target glucose levels following this common intervention.
What is the 15/15 rule?
After an Emergency Room visit, less than this amount of patients filled a glucagon prescription. Percentage.
What is <10%?
About 25% of all Emergency Room visits for severe hypoglycemia resulted in this outcome.
What is hospitalization?
This common measure is not able to provide patterns of glycemic variability.
What is A1C?
The reported amount of severe hypoglycemic events for patients with Type 2 diabetes per year.
What is 2.5 events per year?
Due to the significant dangers of insulin therapy, 1 in 7 patients develop an 'extreme' level of this.
What is fear of hypoglycemia?
Type 2 patients saw the greatest prevalence in severe hypoglycemia with an A1C level greater than this value.
What is >9%?
The percentage of individuals who agreed or strongly agreed that they consume more food than necessary to avoid low blood sugar.
What is 43%?
Due to fear of hypoglycemia, patients may exhibit these types of behaviors.
Examples include delaying insulin therapy, restricting their physical activity, and limiting social activities
What are avoidance behaviors?