What are diabetes and the global statistics on diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar or glucose in the blood. and the global statistics on diabetes are very scary.
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Diabetes is defined as a metabolic condition characterized by high blood sugar. Diabetes mellitus often referred to simply as diabetes, is a group of metabolic conditions characterized by elevated levels of blood sugar. Diabetes results from problems with insulin action or secretion from the pancreas.
Diabetes affects many different body systems and causes a number of symptoms, including excessive hunger and/or thirst, dry mouth, increased urination, tiredness, unexplained weight loss, headaches, and vision changes. Poor healing of sores, vaginal infections, impotence, weight gain, numbness or tingling of the extremities, and itchy skin can also be associated with diabetes.
Blood sugar levels are controlled by the hormone insulin, which is produced in and secreted by the pancreas. Those with increased body fat are at higher risk for type 2 diabetes. Risk is greatest for those with excess fat carried around the waist. These people are also at increased risk for hypertension, high cholesterol levels, and heart disease compared with those who are lean or carry fat around the hips.
Prediabetes has been referred to as “impaired glucose tolerance” and is thought to be an early, potentially reversible, stage of type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes can cause damage to many different organs, including the nerves, blood vessels, eyes, and kidneys.
Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. It occurs in about 4% of pregnant women and carries an increased risk for complications of pregnancy. Diabetes affects the way the body’s immune system responds and can increase the odds of developing infections. High levels of glucose can cause infections to develop and spread more readily.
Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing health challenges of the 21st century with the number of adults living with diabetes has more than tripled over the past 20 years.
The global estimate of adults living with diabetes was 151 million in 2000. By 2009, it had grown by 88% to 285 million. In 2019, the number of adults aged between 20 to 79 years was a staggering 463 million people living with diabetes.
An additional 1.1 million children and adolescents under the age of 20 live with type 1 diabetes. In 2000, the global projection for diabetes in 2025 was 438 million with over five years still to go and that projection has already been surpassed by 25 million.
According to the international diabetes federation, IDF estimates that there will be 578 million adults with diabetes by 2030 and 700 million by 2045.
Statistics about Diabetes
1 in 5 people with diabetes are above 65 years
over 1.1 million children and adolescents have type 1 diabetes.
2 in 3 people with diabetes live in urban areas, a whopping 310.3 million)
1 in 2 adults with diabetes is undiagnosed( about 232 million people).
1 in 6 live birth is affected by hypoglycemia in pregnancy,(84% of which have gestational diabetes).
1 in 11 adults (20-79 years) lives with diabetes(463 million).
3 in 4 (79%) of people with diabetes live in low and middle-income level countries.
1 in 13 people( 20-79 years) have impaired glucose tolerance
When you looked at the statistics of diabetes, it is really very staggering. we need to do a lot to combat this disease and live a healthy life.
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