Diabetes in India

Over 30 million have now been diagnosed with diabetes in India. The CPR (Crude prevalence rate) in the urban areas of India is thought to be 9 per cent.

In rural areas, the prevalence is approximately 3 per cent of the total population.

The population of India is now more than 1000 million: this helps to give an idea of the scale of the problem.

The estimate of the actual number of diabetics in India is around 40 million.

This means that India actually has the highest number of diabetics of any one country in the entire world. IGT (Impaired Glucose Tolerance) is also a mounting problem in India.

The prevalence of IGT is thought to be around 8.7 per cent in urban areas and 7.9 per cent in rural areas, although this estimate may be too high. It is thought that around 35 per cent of IGT sufferers go on to develop type 2 diabetes, so India is genuinely facing a healthcare crisis.

In India, the type of diabetes differs considerably from that in the Western world.

Type 1 is considerably more rare, and only about 1/3 of type II diabetics are overweight or obese.

Diabetes is also beginning to appear much earlier in life in India, meaning that chronic long-term complications are becoming more common. The implications for the Indian healthcare system are enormous.

5 thoughts on “Diabetes in India

  1. Chaudhary Mohit Rana says:

    Bitter gourd contains an insulin-like compound called Polypeptide-p or p-insulin which has been shown to control diabetes naturally.

  2. MOHIT RANA says:

    IT CAN CAUSE HIGH SUGAR LEVEL: Eating jaggery has somewhat similar effect on your glucose level as eating sugar. … People who don’t have diabetes can replace sugar with jaggery. This is a healthy choice for them. Doctors recommend a low Glycemic Index diet for diabetics

  3. Allwyn Alex says:

    If we do not understand the change and feel anxious we should less use generic medicine rather than branded medicine.

  4. Allwyn Alex says:

    People with type 2 diabetes have too much glucose in their blood, either because their body doesn’t produce enough insulin to process it, or because their body doesn’t use insulin properly (insulin resistant). In either case, exercise can reduce the glucose in your blood.

  5. Allwyn Alex says:

    Drinking water can lower blood sugar levels by diluting the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood stream. The answer is yes, indirectly it will reduce insulin resistance and help a person reduce their hunger.

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