INS and diabetes mellitus: With respect to age groups, adults aged 30 to 59 years and the elderly (60 or over)showed the highest proportion of medication or insulin use (87.0% and 91.1%,respectively), of medical care for DM in the past year (79.9% and 79.2%), ofsevere/very severe limitation of activities due to DM or complications (7.0% and5.2%), and a lower proportion of hospitalization (14.4% and 13.9%).