Asian Diabetes Statistics
The United Nations estimates the number of people globally affected by diabetes to be 246 million… and approximately half of those are in India, China, Nepal and other Asian countries.
Globally, Diabetes is ranked as the fourth leading cause of death, in terms of disease. Each year, an estimated 3.8 million people die from diabetes-related causes, such as:
- cardiovascular disease (heart disease),
- stroke (atherosclerosis),
- diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease),
- diabetic neuropathy (nerve disease),
- diabetic eye disease (retinopathy and macular oedema),
- among many others.
The Nepal Diabetes Association (NDA) reports that among people aged 20 years and older living in urban areas, 15% are affected by this disease. Among people aged 40 years and older in urban areas, this number climbed to 19%.
One of the major causes of diabetes cited among the urban people was lack of needed physical activity.
However, the NDA also discovered that diabetes is a far less serious health problem in rural areas, where only 2% of the people aged 20 years and older were reportedly affected by diabetes.
Seven deadly diseases responsible for killing 80% of population, diabetes has ranked fourth. The number of people around the world suffering from diabetes has increased in the last two decades, from 30 million to 246 million. It is estimated that within 20 years the number of diabetics could grow to 350 million. Despite the great strides that have been made in the understanding and management of diabetes, the disease and disease related complications like cardiomyopathy, diabetic neuropathy, nephropathy, retinopathy, thyroid disease and delivering a baby with macrosomia are increasing unbated
Comment by rajnish — November 30, 2008 @ 7:08 am