Here Are The States With The Lowest & Highest Diabetes Rates
Diabetes is on the rise in the United States, and a new poll looks at where the disease is most and least common. In the poll, from Gallup-Healthways, researchers surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 176,000 Americans in all 50 states in 2015. The participants were asked whether they had ever been diagnosed with diabetes in their lifetime. The three states with the lowest rates of diabetes were Utah, Rhode Island and Colorado. In these states, 7.5 to 8 percent of the survey participants said they had diabetes. In contrast, Alabama and West Virginia had the highest rates of diabetes, with about 16 percent of the participants in those two states saying they had been diagnosed with the disease. The poll also looked at the rate of diabetes in cities nationwide. The city with the lowest rate of diabetes was Boulder, Colorado, where slightly less than 5 percent of residents said they had diabetes, followed by Bellingham, Washington, where about 6 percent said they had diabetes. The two cities with the highest rates of diabetes were Mobile, Alabama, and Charleston, West Virginia, where more than 17 percent of residents said they had diabetes. [Diabetes in America: Full List of State Rankings] The results were published Wednesday (Nov. 30) in a report from Gallup-Healthways. "Lower rates of diabetes could point to citizens of a particular state or community practicing healthier behaviors, which, in turn, could lead to better health outcomes and lower incidence of chronic conditions," Gallup-Healthways said in its report. "But a lower rate could also signal underdiagnoses" of diabetes, the report said. The overall rate of diabetes in the United States in 2016 was 11.5 percent, up from 10.6 percent in 2008, Gallup-Healthways said. (The 2016 data is based on a Continue reading >>
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Country-by-country Trends In Obesity, Cholesterol And Blood Pressure Since 1980: Obesity Has Doubled, While Western Wealthy Countries Have Reduced Blood Pressure And Cholesterol Levels
Three papers published Online First by The Lancet show that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980. Meanwhile high-income countries have shown impressive reductions in mean blood pressure and cholesterol levels, with some countries doing much better than others. The Articles show that every region and country has its own story to tell. The papers were written by Prof Majid Ezzati, Imperial College London, UK; Dr Goodarz Danaei, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, and colleagues. The study shows that in 2008, more than one in ten of the world's adult population was obese, with women more likely to be obese (BMI above 30 kg/m2) than men. An estimated 205 million men and 297 million adult women were obese - a total of more than half a billion adults worldwide. The percentage of the world's population with uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure), fell modestly between 1980 and 2008. However, because of population growth and ageing, the actual number of people with uncontrolled hypertension rose from 600 million in 1980 to nearly 1 billion in 2008. High-income countries achieved large reductions in uncontrolled hypertension, with the most impressive progress seen in women in Australasia and men in North America. Uncontrolled hypertension is defined as a systolic blood pressure higher than 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure higher than 90 mmHg. Average levels of total blood cholesterol fell in Western countries of North America, Australasia and Europe, but increased in East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific region. Professor Majid Ezzati*, the senior author of the study from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, said: "Our results show that overweight and obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol ar Continue reading >>
Prevalence Of Diabetes In The World, 2013
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease that occurs when the human body is not able to produce enough of the hormone insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. High blood sugar produces symptoms of frequent urination, increased thirst and hunger. All types of diabetes should be treated under a close collaboration between patients and healthcare providers in order to prevent long-term complications such as damage to the eyes, kidney, feet and heart. People with diabetes must be treated to avoid early death. The global prevalence of diabetes in adult population in 2013 is presented in this article. The estimated prevalence of diabetes in adult population (20-79 years old) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) expressed in percentages are used as metrics. An interactive data visualization was designed to explore the data and communicate the findings. Data source is the Sixth edition of the International Diabetes Federation Atlas of Diabetes. Globally in 2013, it is estimated that almost 382 million people suffer from diabetes for a prevalence of 8.3%. North America and the Caribbean is the region with the higher prevalence of 11% having 37 million people with diabetes followed by the Middle East and North Africa with a prevalence of 9.2% having 35 million people with diabetes. Western Pacific is the region with higher number of people living with diabetes (138 million), however its prevalence is 8.6%, close to the prevalence of the World. In 2013, the top 10 countries with higher prevalence of diabetes are Tokelau (37.5%), Federated States of Micronesia (35%), Marshall Islands (34.9%), Kiribati (28.8%), Cook Islands (25.7%), Vanuatu (24%), Saudi Arabia (23.9%), Nauru (23.3%), Kuwait (23.1%) and Qatar (22.9%). It is interesting to highlight that Continue reading >>
Heart Disease: Which Countries Have The Highest And Lowest Rates?
In the U.K., the Brits’ high daily consumption of saturated and trans fats – chief suspects among risk factors for heart disease – is actually topped by those living in Germany, Belgium and France. Yet these three salami-eating countries boast fewer heart disease deaths than the U.K., according to the British Heart Foundation. Even more confusing are the people of France. Although the French smoke more, eat more fat, and consume only slightly more fruit and vegetables than the British do, the French have the lowest heart death rate in the European Union – only about one-quarter of the British rate. This is the notorious “French Paradox“, which epidemiologists have puzzled over for decades. Although French hearts appear to be the healthiest and best preserved in Europe, they are certainly among the worst on the risk factors of diet and smoking. The Spaniards, Finns, Italians, and Portuguese all eat less harmful fat and consume more fruit and vegetables than the French – yet die in greater numbers from heart disease. How can this be? According to the United Nations, in their report called UN Chronicle: The Atlas of Heart Disease & Stroke, Japan has one of the lowest rates of coronary heart disease in the world, but the Japanese were found to have a gradually increasing risk after moving to North America, eventually approaching that of those people born there. This sounds to me that lifestyle changes resulting from this move (↓ diet, ↓ exercise, ↑ stress) must have some influence on heart disease rates. But why don’t the same heart disease risk factors seem to affect those Gauloises-smoking, double-cream brie and baguette-eating French? Meanwhile, the highest rate of heart disease on the planet fluctuates a bit from year to year, but the annual winner Continue reading >>
The 50 Countries With The Lowest Diabetes Rates
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 29 million Americans, or 9.3 percent, have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Whether it's genetic or a result of a poor diet with little exercise, the prevalence of diabetes in America seems high, especially when you consider the $245 billion price tag Americans are paying for diabetes treatment annually. If the U.S. is in trouble with a diabetes epidemic, what does a country with low diabetes rates look like? Using data from the International Diabetes Federation's 2015 Diabetes Atlas, the following list looks at the countries with the lowest prevalence of diabetes. The data includes the prevalence of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (either diagnosed or undiagnosed), as well as the number of diabetes-related fatalities and the annual health care costs of a person who has diabetes. The countries are ranked by age-adjusted prevalence (percent of people who have diabetes adjusted to account for how occurrences of diabetes differ through age and different age structures in various countries). If countries had the same diabetes prevalence, the country with fewer diabetes-related deaths appears higher on the list. The average amount spent per person with diabetes for each country, as reported by the IDF, is also included. These amounts are measured in international dollars, a hypothetical currency with the same purchasing power parity of U.S. dollars in the U.S. at a given point in time. According to the IDF, the global prevalence rate of diabetes in 2015 was 8.8 percent. Each of these countries falls at least 12 percent below the global average, with some countries reporting over 150 percent below the global average rate of diabetes. This data shows that while there are many countries with long life expectancies and Continue reading >>
1international Diabetes Federation, Brussels, Belgium 2baker Idi Heart And Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia 3 Dependent In Preventive Medicine, Ajou Univeristy School Of Medicine, Suwan , Korea
IDF Diabetes Atlas estimates for the global diabetes prevalence of adults aged 18 to 99 years Yadi Huang1, Katherine Ogurtsova1, Joao da Rocha Fernandes1, David Cavan1, Lydia E Makaroff1, Jonathan Shaw2, Nam Han Cho3 1International Diabetes Federation, Brussels, Belgium 2Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia 3 Dependent in Preventive Medicine, Ajou Univeristy School of Medicine, Suwan , Korea Introduction: Diabetes is one of the largest global health emergencies of the 21st century. There is a global increase in the number of people living with diabetes resulting in significant increase in mortality and heath expenditures. In 2015, the International Diabetes Federation reported that there were 415 million adults aged 20 to 79 with diabetes, and this number is expected to increase to 642 million in 2040 However, the number did not include diabetes in people older than 80, and as there are some countries that report high diabetes prevalence in people older than 80, therefore, new estimations were made for an expanded age group from 18 to 99 years. Methodology: The method of the country level diabetes prevalence estimation is the same as described in the methodology chapter of IDF Diabetes Atlas 7th Edition (1). Approximately, 27% of data sources reported diabetes prevalence in ages lower than 20, and about 15% of data sources reported diabetes prevalence in age solder than 80. (Figure 1). Data sources were selected according to study quality, only data sources high in quality were selected for analysis. A generalized linear model was used to estimate the country level age-dependent diabetes prevalence per data sources. The main methodological change introduced was the expansion of age groups considered, from 20-79 years to 18-99 years. For countries Continue reading >>
The 50 Countries With The Lowest Diabetes Rates
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 29 million Americans, or 9.3 percent, have either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Whether it's genetic or a result of a poor diet with little exercise, the prevalence of diabetes in America seems high, especially when you consider the $245 billion price tag Americans are paying for diabetes treatment annually. If the U.S. is in trouble with a diabetes epidemic, what does a country with low diabetes rates look like? Using data from the International Diabetes Federation's 2015 Diabetes Atlas, the following list looks at the countries with the lowest prevalence of diabetes. The data includes the prevalence of Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (either diagnosed or undiagnosed), as well as the number of diabetes-related fatalities and the annual health care costs of a person who has diabetes. The countries are ranked by age-adjusted prevalence (percent of people who have diabetes adjusted to account for how occurrences of diabetes differ through age and different age structures in various countries). If countries had the same diabetes prevalence, the country with fewer diabetes-related deaths appears higher on the list. The average amount spent per person with diabetes for each country, as reported by the IDF, is also included. These amounts are measured in international dollars, a hypothetical currency with the same purchasing power parity of U.S. dollars in the U.S. at a given point in time. According to the IDF, the global prevalence rate of diabetes in 2015 was 8.8 percent. Each of these countries falls at least 12 percent below the global average, with some countries reporting over 150 percent below the global average rate of diabetes. This data shows that while there are many countries with long life expectancies and Continue reading >>
America Has The Highest Rate Of Diabetes In The Developing World - While The Uk, Australia And Lithuania Are Among Those Nations With The Lowest Rates Of The Condition
The US has the highest prevalence of diabetes among all developed countries across the world, new data reveals. Almost 11 per cent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 79 suffers from the disease, according to data from the International Diabetes Federation. That’s an estimated 30 million adults across the country. Such is the scale of the issue in the US, the country had nearly two-thirds the total number of cases of all the other 37 developed nations combined, experts warned. In contrast, those nations have a total of 46 million cases between them. The International Diabetes Federation has revealed the US tops the league tables of developing countries with the highest prevalence of the disease, with 10.75 per cent of adults suffering type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Singapore and Malta come in second and third place PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN ADULTS AGE 20-79 IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES Top Ten - Highest prevalence % Bottom Ten - Lowest prevalence % 1. United States 10.75 1. Lithuania 3.97 2. Singapore 10.53 2. Estonia 4.37 3. Malta 9.92 3. Ireland 4.39 4. Portugal 9.86 4. Sweden 4.7 5. Cyprus 9.55 5. Luxembourg 4.73 6. Andorra 8.52 6. United Kingdom 4.73 7. Slovenia 7.77 7. Australia 5.06 8. Slovakia 7.76 8. Belgium 5.09 9. Spain 7.7 9. Italy 5.12 10. Israel 7.46 10. Greece 5.16 Experts said the high number of people in the US suffering diabetes, is in large part, due to the number living with type 2 diabetes. The condition is closely linked to obesity. Dr Petra Wilson, the CEO of IDF, called on governments to take actions, including introducing taxes on unhealthy food and drink to try and curb the obesity epidemic. He said: 'As rates of type 2 diabetes increase in many countries around the world, we urgently need preventative action. 'IDF asks governments to lead the way i Continue reading >>
Mortality Rates Have Fallen Steadily In The U.s. And In Comparable Countries
The U.S. has lower than average mortality rates for cancers but higher than average rates in the other causes of mortality. This collection of charts explores how mortality rates in the U.S. compare to similar OECD countries (those that are similarly large and wealthy based on GDP and GDP per capita). Break in series in 1987 and 1997 for Switzerland; in 1995 for Switzerland; in 1996 for Netherlands; in 1998 for Australia, Belgium, and Germany; in 1999 for United States; in 2000 for Canada and France; and in 2001 in the United Kingdom. All breaks in series coincide with changes in ICD coding. Canada did not report data in 2013 and 2014; pre- unification Germany did not report data from 1980-1989; United Kingdom did not report data in 2000; Australia did not report data in 2005. Those countries are not represented in the averages calculated for these years. The mortality rate (number of deaths per 100,000 people, adjusted for age differences across countries) has been falling in the U.S. and in comparable countries. For most of the leading causes of death, mortality rates are higher in the U.S. than in comparable countries Among the major causes of death, the U.S. has lower than average mortality rates for cancers and higher than average rates in the other categories relative to comparable countries. These categories accounted for nearly 88 percent of all deaths in the U.S. in 2013. The U.S. has a relatively high mortality rate for diseases of the circulatory system The U.S. mortality rate for diseases of the circulatory system, which includes heart diseases and stroke, is above the comparable country average. For ischaemic heart disease (e.g., heart attacks), which accounts for over 46 percent of the deaths in this category, the U.S. has the second highest mortality rate Continue reading >>
10 Countries With The Lowest Rates Of Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the most common diseases that greatly contributes to the higher mortality rate of the world these days. As a matter of fact, there are so many countries today that are making their actions in lessening the cases of diabetes amongst their own people. Fortunately, some of these countries are very successful in their endeavors of lessening the diabetes cases in their own lands. In relation to this, here are the top ten countries with the lowest rates of diabetes that you should know: 10. Armenia Diabetes is one common cause of death of the people living in Armenia. Studies show that in the coming 2030, the number of people in the country who are suffering from this fatal disease will be expected to increase around 10 percent. But as of the moment, Armenia only has 2.6 percent rate of diabetes that is much lower compared to other nations. 9. Angola Today, the rate of diabetes in the beautiful country of Angola is very low, which is only around 2.6 percent. Even so, as the country is continually developing, the lifestyle of many people in the country is also changing and this could be the main cause of the increase of the diabetes rate in Angola in the coming years. 8. Albania Another country in the world that has very low rate of diabetes is Albania. The specific rate of the country regarding this fatal disease is only 2.6 percent. But since the year 1990, the lifestyle of many people in the country has also been changing. As expected, this lower rate of diabetes may become higher in the near future. Control Type 2 Diabetes - Learn About A Treatment Option Learn About An Rx Treatment Option That Can Help You Control Type 2 Diabetes. Prescription treatment website 7. Azerbaijan Though Azerbaijan only has lower rate of Diabetes, the worse thing is the fact Continue reading >>
Countries With The Lowest And Highest Obesity Rates In The World
Rising International Obesity Rates According to recent statistics on obesity made by the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1.6 billion adults worldwide are overweight and another 400 million are obese. Those are big number. That is definitely a lot of people that really need to lose weight. In truth, these soaring International obesity rates are staggering. As well, reports from the International Obesity TaskForce (IASO) says that there are 155 million children around the world who are overweight including 30-45 million children obesity issues. It is quite obvious that people worldwide need to lose weight. Highest Obesity Rates For Countries Worldwide Did you know that the United States has one of the highest International obesity rates in the world? Obesity statistics done by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that 34.2 percent of Americans are overweight, 33.8 percent are obese, and 5.7 percent are "extremely" obese. I do believe that countless Americans could benefit from a healthy diet and lose weight. More Soaring International Obesity Rates International obesity rates have hit an all time high. Current international statistics on obesity by WHO show that the United States and many other countries have very high obesity rates. Not only are more adults becoming overweight but our children are also affected. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that over 20 million children under age five are overweight and have children obesity issues. As well, these numbers are on the rise. Nauru 96.9 Cook Islands 93.4 Micronesia, Federated States of 93.1 Tonga 91.4 Samoa 81.1 Niue 80.9 United States 80.5 Argentina 77.7 Facts on Obesity: Health Risks Being overweight can cause many health problems as you probably well know. In truth, these health problems Continue reading >>
Countries With The Highest Prevalence Of Diabetes Worldwide In 2017*
Premium This statistic depicts the countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes worldwide in 2017. The Marshall Islands was the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes, with some 33 percent of its population aged between 20 and 79 suffering from the disease. In that same year, approximately 13 percent of adults in the United States had diabetes, while only 7.7 percent of those in Japan had the disease. If left untreated diabetes can cause heart disease and stroke and can damage a persons eyes, kidneys and nerves. Statistics on "Diabetes" Everything On "Diabetes" in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References. Continue reading >>
Variations In Diabetes Prevalence In Low-, Middle-, And High-income Countries: Results From The Prospective Urban And Rural Epidemiological Study
Conclusions Our study has two main findings. First, diabetes prevalence was unexpectedly higher in LICs. Second, the higher rate in LICs is not fully explained by the conventional risk factors such as age, family history of diabetes, urban residency, low education level, low physical activity levels, tobacco consumption, unhealthy diet, increased BMI and waist-to-hip ratio, and ethnicity; this suggests that other factors associated with a country’s income level are likely to contribute to the differences in diabetes prevalence. Studies have shown a higher prevalence with older age (2,4–6), high versus low waist-to-hip ratio and BMI (3–10,14,15), family history of diabetes (3–5), urban versus rural residence (3–6,21,22), low versus high education level (3,14–22), low versus high physical activity levels (3,4,11), smoking (3,11,12), and unhealthy diet (3,4,28–33). These factors are reported in various countries but often differ in their prevalence and the degree of association with diabetes. For example, Southeast Asians have a higher rate of diabetes at a younger age despite much lower BMI levels compared with North Americans (5–8). In this study, all the described factors except smoking increased the risk of diabetes across the country income groups, even after multivariable adjustments. The absence of an impact of current and/or former smoking contrasts with previous findings related to diabetes incidence (3,11,12) and may be attributed to several factors, particularly the small number of smokers, different tobaccos, the quantity consume and the duration of consumption, and the cross-sectional nature of our study. The AHEI had no impact except in UMICs and LMICs, where the diet quality had an opposite effect; AHEI is largely related to fruits and vegeta Continue reading >>
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The 51 Countries With The Highest Diabetes Rates
Diabetes is one of the largest health issues of the 21st century. According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 29 million people have diabetes in the U.S. -- 9.3 percent of the population. Equally concerning is that nearly 30 percent of those cases are undiagnosed. How does the U.S. compare to other nations when it comes to levels of diabetes? HealthGrove, a health data site by Graphiq, used data from the International Diabetes Federation to find the countries and territories with the highest rates of diabetes in 2015 (the most recent year available). The report from the IDF includes levels of diabetes prevalence for people aged 20 to 79, as well as the number of diabetes-related fatalities and total number of diabetes cases. The IDF prevalence figures are age-adjusted to account for different age structures in various countries. For context, HealthGrove also included the average amount spent per person with diabetes for each country, as reported by the IDF. These amounts are measured in international dollars, a hypothetical currency with the same purchasing power parity of U.S. dollars in the U.S. at a given point in time. The data from the IDF includes the prevalence of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (either diagnosed or undiagnosed). Type 1 occurs when the pancreas makes insufficient insulin; Type 2, the more common variety, occurs when the body has difficulty producing and using insulin. The ranking is dominated by small island nations, particularly in the Pacific Islands. Many countries in this region have dealt with malnutrition and inadequate food labeling, especially as they import more processed food. Countries in the Middle East also showed reported elevated levels of diabetes. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar all made the Continue reading >>
Top 10: Which Country Has The Highest Rates Of Diabetes In Europe? The Uk’s Position Might Surprise You…
Every year, the IDF produces a report on diabetes rates in Europe. The latest, Diabetes In Europe Policy Puzzle: The State We Are In, sheds some interesting light on the worst-affected nations. These are the 10 nations hit most heavily by rising diabetes rates. The UK’s position might just surprise you… 10. Cyprus: 10.2 per cent of the population has diabetes The report estimates that Cyprus spends $2,295 on each person with diabetes. Not surprisingly, diabetes care is a big priority for Cyprus. The government has taken positive steps to address the issue, with a large-scale prevention plan to be introduced in 2016. 9. Spain: 10.58 Spain spends $3,090 per person. There are national and regional strategies in place, but diabetes associations aren’t happy with them. They don’t think there’s enough support or resources to make a difference. 8. Malta: 10.69 Malta spends $2,113 per person. Most of their prevention methods focus on lifestyle changes. People are encouraged to eat well, exercise more, and quit smoking. Unlike Spain, diabetes prevention programmes in Malta get a lot of political backing. 7. Macedonia: 11.44 Macedonia spends $403 per person. Their prevention programmes have a strong political backing. However, they don’t have a lot of money to spend. The Macedonian Diabetes Association says: “The funds available are limited and their duration is uncertain due to the many political, organisational and financial changes in our country.” 6. Germany: 11.52 Germany spends $4,943 per person, one of the highest in Europe. Different regions prioritise diabetes more than others, but diabetes isn’t considered a big national concern. There’s not much political commitment to prevention. Neither are there many resources allocated. The IDF report asked a Ge Continue reading >>
