Diabetes In Saudi Arabia

In saudi arabia the overall prevalence of dm obtained by a major national survey over 5 years period in saudi subjects in the age group 30 70 years between 1995 and 2000 was 23 7 15.

Diabetes in saudi arabia. A total of 17232 saudi subjects were selected in. According to a report by the saudi arabian ministry of health approximately 0 9 million people were diagnosed with diabetes in 1992 but this figure rose to 2 5 million people in 2010. The kingdom of saudi arabia ksa is not excluded from this global epidemic and diabetes is the most challenging health problem facing this country. Total adult population.

463 million people have diabetes in the world and 55 million people in the mena region. Saudi arabia is one of the 21 countries and territories of the idf mena region. The world health organization who has reported that saudi arabia ranks the second highest in the middle east and is seventh in the world for the rate of diabetes. Cost of diabetes in the kingdom of saudi arabia 2014 2155 6156 1000575 pdf a web based interactive diabetes registry for health care management and planning in saudi arabia.

Saudi arabia is aiming to defuse its diabetes time bomb by reducing the prevalence of the disease by 10 percent over the next decade with a new report warning of the crippling economic and. 23 324 700 prevalence of diabetes in adults. It is estimated that around 7 million of the population are diabetic and almost around 3 million have pre diabetes. By 2045 this will rise to 108 million.

18 3 total cases of diabetes in adults.