Percentage of Salvadoran women diagnosed with diabetes increases 45.4% in 11 years, according to the study | Bahia

Eleven years ago, the percentage of women in the capital who had the diagnosis of the disease was 5.5%. Now, the index has risen to 8%.

Men in the capital of Bahia had the lowest percentage in 2006 (3.7%), but there was also an increase in the diagnosis of diabetes compared to 2017, according to the survey.

In comparison with other capitals, however, Salvadoran men (8%) had one of the lowest rates of medical diagnosis of diabetes last year, ahead of Cuiabá (4.2%) and Palmas (3%), 7%).

Among women, the Bahian capital is among the top ten with a percentage of the disease. Overall, Salvador appears as one of the capitals with the highest percentage of people with the disease, with 6.6%.

Overall in Bahia, between 2010 and 2016, according to the Mortality Information System (MIS), the number of deaths increased by 18.8%, from 4,043 deaths to 4,806 deaths in 2016.

Hospital Information System (HIS) data, however, indicate a decrease in the number of hospitalizations: 13,474 in 2010 and 11,784 in 2016. Diabetes is responsible for complications such as as cardiovascular disease, dialysis due to chronic renal failure and surgeries for lower limb amputations.

Diabetes is responsible for complications such as cardiovascular disease, dialysis for chronic renal failure and surgical procedures for lower limb amputations.

Treatment and Supervision

The Ministry of Health reported that, for those who already have a diagnosis of diabetes, the unified health system (SUS) offers, in basic care (door SUS entry ), free, developing actions of prevention, detection, control and drug treatment, including with insulin.

For the monitoring of the glycemic index, reagents and syringes are still available in basic health care units.