Diabetes Rate in China Hits 114 Million
The most comprehensive nationwide survey for diabetes ever conducted in China shows 11.6 percent of adults, or 114 MILLION, has the disease. The research, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also showed that pre-diabetes was present in 40 percent of adults ages 18 to 29, and 47 percent among those 30 to 39. And it is increasing at an alarming rate.
Diabetes is a very serious disease. The chronic effects of diabetes can include blindness, kidney failure, loss of limbs, coma and death.
The most comprehensive nationwide survey for diabetes ever conducted in China shows 11.6 percent of adults, or 114 MILLION, has the disease. The research, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also showed that pre-diabetes was present in 40 percent of adults ages 18 to 29, and 47 percent among those 30 to 39. And it is increasing at an alarming rate.
Diabetes is a very serious disease. The chronic effects of diabetes can include blindness, kidney failure, loss of limbs, coma and death.
Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence
"People with diabetes can suffer from diverse complications that seriously erode quality of life. Diabetes, costing the United States more than $174 billion per year in 2007, is expected to take an increasingly large financial toll in subsequent years. Accurate projections of diabetes burden are essential to policymakers planning for future health care needs and costs."
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"People with diabetes can suffer from diverse complications that seriously erode quality of life. Diabetes, costing the United States more than $174 billion per year in 2007, is expected to take an increasingly large financial toll in subsequent years. Accurate projections of diabetes burden are essential to policymakers planning for future health care needs and costs."
Click Here for the study.
