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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with high prevalence in Indonesia. Riskesdas in 2007 said that DM was the sixth leading caused of death in Indonesia with . Sanglah Central Hospital Denpasar is the only hospital in Bali that has Diabetic Center . Diabetic can be regarded as a disease that deplete property, therefore it need a real behaviour that is based on a good attitude and knowledge to avoid bad complications. This study aims were to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of type II DM patients in Sanglah Central Hospital Denpasar in 2017. The type of research used was descriptive with cross sectional approach. The number of respondents in this study were 70 patients, selected by consecutive sampling technique. This study used primary data which obtained through the direct respondent-s interviewed with prepared quesioner. Processing and data analysis were performed using SPSS. Characteristics of respondents were differentiated by sex, age, education, and lenght of treatment. The results showed 66 respondents (94,3%) have good level of knowledges, 53 respondents (75,7%) have good attitudes, and 43 respondents (61,45%) have good behaviour. The conclusion of this study is that most respondents have good level of knowledges, attitudes, and behaviours although many respondents found have less understanding about diet.