A study published in The Lancet, an international medical journal foreground, in August 2014 found that the risk of developing diabetes is growing fastest among Americans.
The study also found that this risk depends on your race, your education and your place of residence, and that diabetics are living longer.
This study is the first in over a decade to calculate the risk of facing Americans will develop diabetes in their lifetime. It was made by epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, following and analyzing the prevalence of diabetes and the rate of new cases are diagnosed for many years.
These researchers used mortality data from nearly 600,000 people from 1985 to 2011 (25 years) to assess the risk of developing diabetes type 1 or type 2 (with the exception of gestational diabetes).
Although the study only examined diabetes in the context of the American people, it is likely that similar results would have been achieved had conducted the study based on data or data from other countries where a diet Western-style food and life style is the European standard.
The increased risk of diabetes
The study found that there was a dramatic increase between 1985 and 2011 in the overall risk that America will develop diabetes.
In 1985, American boys had the opportunity of 21 percent of developing diabetes, and 27 percent of girls. For 2011, however, that the risk was increased by 40 per cent for boys and girls. In other words, the risk for men has almost doubled, while the risk for girls increased 50 percent.
The Lancet study did not analyze why this is so. But part of the reason could be the fact that people are living longer, so they have more years in which they can develop diabetes.
Diabetics are living longer
The good news is that American children with diabetes can now expect to live more than 70 years with the disease.
In fact, between 1985 and 2011, the number of years that men diagnosed with diabetes can expect to survive increased by 156 percent. For women, the figure was 70 percent. Although no explanation was given by the researchers, this is probably due to the evolution of knowledge and medical treatment in the past 25 years.
Having diabetes shortens life. During the 25 year period studied by researchers, the average years of life lost due to diabetes for the population as a whole number increased by 46 percent in men and 44 percent women. This is obviously due to the increasing prevalence of diabetes. It may also be due in part to the fact that there are probably fewer undiagnosed cases today.
Although the outlook for the population as a whole seems increasingly bleak, things are improving for diabetic individual.
The number of years of his life to a man diagnosed with diabetes can expect to lose on average dropped nearly two years (07.07 to 05.08 years lost) between 1990 and the late 2000s women also won an average two years (losses decreasing from 8.7 to 6.8 years) during the same period. These improvements are likely due to better treatment regimens.
Race, gender and diabetes
While Americans tend to have darker than 40 percent chance of developing diabetes, prospects for blacks and Hispanics is much darker.
Whites are 37% of white girls and 34 the risk of developing diabetes%. On the contrary, the chances that black men are 44.7%, while the risk of his sisters is a huge 55.3%. The chances of developing diabetes for Hispanic children are 51.8% and 51.5%, respectively.
These figures, which relate to the risk of developing diabetes, which reinforces the idea that diabetes is genetic, at least to the extent that their genes may predispose to diabetes. Most researchers agree that it is your lifestyle that begins in action.
According to the researchers, who analyzed the race because it was information that was available; but argue that the socio-economic status is probably as important if not more important than race.
However, the risk of developing diabetes for whites is much less than for blacks and Hispanics. In fact, the risk for white girls is less than the risk for Hispanic women and black third.
As you can see, Hispanics of both sexes, as well as black women have a risk that exceeds 50 percent. But why black men have a risk of almost 10 percentage points below that black women can not be explained by genetic differences further.
Education and diabetes
The less educated are, the greater your risk of developing diabetes.
According to The Lancet, in 1990, the number of new diagnoses among high school dropouts was 6.5 per thousand, while among high school graduates was 3.6 and for those who have studied beyond school secondary 3200.
This figure for the number of new diagnoses of diabetes among high school dropouts, high school graduates and those who continued their education after high school has increased steadily. In 2008 it was 15.6, 9.4 and 6.5 per thousand respectively.
Since then, the rate of new cases are discovered eased slightly. This may be due to improved lifestyle.
At the same time, according to the latest statistics from the high school dropout tend on average to develop diabetes at about twice the rate of those who continued their education after high school.
It seems likely that the more educated you are, the greater your chances of living a healthy lifestyle and take the threat of diabetes seriously.
Where do you live and diabetes
The risk of developing diabetes also seems to vary from state to state in the United States ..
In Mississippi, for example, 11.7 percent of the population suffers from diabetes. In Louisiana, the figure is 11.5 percent. In South Dakota and Hawaii, while only 7 percent of the population is diabetic.
The percentage of people with diabetes in the other States of the Union is situated between these two extremes, from 7 to 11.7 percent.
What accounts for these differences is not known, but it is probably a mixture of education, food cultures, habits of exercise and genetics. Climate may also play a role, although this has not been studied so far, I know.
The takeaway
The continuing increase in the number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed each year in collaboration with long life cycles have led to an increased risk of developing diabetes and the number of years to cope with the disease. At the same time, the average person is losing fewer years of life because of the disease.
The results of the Lancet study mean that there will be a continuing need for health services and significant funds to control the disease. They also stress the need for effective interventions to reduce the incidence of diabetes, such as education on healthy lifestyles and regular testing of the general population to detect pre-diabetes.
The study also found that this risk depends on your race, your education and your place of residence, and that diabetics are living longer.
This study is the first in over a decade to calculate the risk of facing Americans will develop diabetes in their lifetime. It was made by epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, following and analyzing the prevalence of diabetes and the rate of new cases are diagnosed for many years.
These researchers used mortality data from nearly 600,000 people from 1985 to 2011 (25 years) to assess the risk of developing diabetes type 1 or type 2 (with the exception of gestational diabetes).
Although the study only examined diabetes in the context of the American people, it is likely that similar results would have been achieved had conducted the study based on data or data from other countries where a diet Western-style food and life style is the European standard.
The increased risk of diabetes
The study found that there was a dramatic increase between 1985 and 2011 in the overall risk that America will develop diabetes.
In 1985, American boys had the opportunity of 21 percent of developing diabetes, and 27 percent of girls. For 2011, however, that the risk was increased by 40 per cent for boys and girls. In other words, the risk for men has almost doubled, while the risk for girls increased 50 percent.
The Lancet study did not analyze why this is so. But part of the reason could be the fact that people are living longer, so they have more years in which they can develop diabetes.
Diabetics are living longer
The good news is that American children with diabetes can now expect to live more than 70 years with the disease.
In fact, between 1985 and 2011, the number of years that men diagnosed with diabetes can expect to survive increased by 156 percent. For women, the figure was 70 percent. Although no explanation was given by the researchers, this is probably due to the evolution of knowledge and medical treatment in the past 25 years.
Having diabetes shortens life. During the 25 year period studied by researchers, the average years of life lost due to diabetes for the population as a whole number increased by 46 percent in men and 44 percent women. This is obviously due to the increasing prevalence of diabetes. It may also be due in part to the fact that there are probably fewer undiagnosed cases today.
Although the outlook for the population as a whole seems increasingly bleak, things are improving for diabetic individual.
The number of years of his life to a man diagnosed with diabetes can expect to lose on average dropped nearly two years (07.07 to 05.08 years lost) between 1990 and the late 2000s women also won an average two years (losses decreasing from 8.7 to 6.8 years) during the same period. These improvements are likely due to better treatment regimens.
Race, gender and diabetes
While Americans tend to have darker than 40 percent chance of developing diabetes, prospects for blacks and Hispanics is much darker.
Whites are 37% of white girls and 34 the risk of developing diabetes%. On the contrary, the chances that black men are 44.7%, while the risk of his sisters is a huge 55.3%. The chances of developing diabetes for Hispanic children are 51.8% and 51.5%, respectively.
These figures, which relate to the risk of developing diabetes, which reinforces the idea that diabetes is genetic, at least to the extent that their genes may predispose to diabetes. Most researchers agree that it is your lifestyle that begins in action.
According to the researchers, who analyzed the race because it was information that was available; but argue that the socio-economic status is probably as important if not more important than race.
However, the risk of developing diabetes for whites is much less than for blacks and Hispanics. In fact, the risk for white girls is less than the risk for Hispanic women and black third.
As you can see, Hispanics of both sexes, as well as black women have a risk that exceeds 50 percent. But why black men have a risk of almost 10 percentage points below that black women can not be explained by genetic differences further.
Education and diabetes
The less educated are, the greater your risk of developing diabetes.
According to The Lancet, in 1990, the number of new diagnoses among high school dropouts was 6.5 per thousand, while among high school graduates was 3.6 and for those who have studied beyond school secondary 3200.
This figure for the number of new diagnoses of diabetes among high school dropouts, high school graduates and those who continued their education after high school has increased steadily. In 2008 it was 15.6, 9.4 and 6.5 per thousand respectively.
Since then, the rate of new cases are discovered eased slightly. This may be due to improved lifestyle.
At the same time, according to the latest statistics from the high school dropout tend on average to develop diabetes at about twice the rate of those who continued their education after high school.
It seems likely that the more educated you are, the greater your chances of living a healthy lifestyle and take the threat of diabetes seriously.
Where do you live and diabetes
The risk of developing diabetes also seems to vary from state to state in the United States ..
In Mississippi, for example, 11.7 percent of the population suffers from diabetes. In Louisiana, the figure is 11.5 percent. In South Dakota and Hawaii, while only 7 percent of the population is diabetic.
The percentage of people with diabetes in the other States of the Union is situated between these two extremes, from 7 to 11.7 percent.
What accounts for these differences is not known, but it is probably a mixture of education, food cultures, habits of exercise and genetics. Climate may also play a role, although this has not been studied so far, I know.
The takeaway
The continuing increase in the number of new cases of diabetes diagnosed each year in collaboration with long life cycles have led to an increased risk of developing diabetes and the number of years to cope with the disease. At the same time, the average person is losing fewer years of life because of the disease.
The results of the Lancet study mean that there will be a continuing need for health services and significant funds to control the disease. They also stress the need for effective interventions to reduce the incidence of diabetes, such as education on healthy lifestyles and regular testing of the general population to detect pre-diabetes.
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