Open AccessWorldwide burden of diabetes
Author(s) -
Jaikrit Bhutani,
Sukriti Bhutani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.141388
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , public health , disease , pandemic , ranking (information retrieval) , perspective (graphical) , intensive care medicine , environmental health , comorbidity , covid-19 , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , computer science , artificial intelligence , endocrinology
Diabetes is a pandemic of major public health importance cannot be disputed. While the IDF data does emphasis the importance of diabetes as a global public health problem, it does not place in perspective the ranking of diabetes as compared to other diseases and illnesses. The GBD data highlight this fact in multiple ways. The disease and its complications or comorbid conditions rank high in the list of risk factors, and causes of death. This communication describes the global burden of diabetes especially south-east Asia and the statistical sequelae of the disease.