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A total of 97,000 patients with diabetes, hypertension and overweight were detected and treated by the health sector in Tamaulipas
A total of 97,115 patients with diabetes, hypertension and overweight were detected and treated by the health sector in Tamaulipas; According to Alejandro García Barrientos, under-secretary for prevention and promotion, only 9,500 people have been affected by these conditions this year.
Share that there have been just tests of diabetes mellitus in 262 000 456 tamaulipecos over 20 years, of which 17 000 487 have been identified with risk factors and confirmed at 3 000 609 with this disease.
Similarly, 299,372 studies of hypertension were conducted in the same age group, identifying 21,412 at-risk individuals and 3,642 confirmed individuals.
At present, 30,290 patients with diabetes mellitus and 37,166 with hypertension are treated and followed up in the 12 state health administrations.
With regard to overweight and obesity, 251 thousand 741 weight and height measurements were taken during the past year, of which 38 000 were in danger and 2,000 254 were confirmed, which were added to the 20 thousand. follow-up patients in the different health centers.
To these totalities -87,610- are added the nine thousand, 505 new cases, which gives a total of 97,000 115 patients of the aforementioned diseases.
García Barrientos emphasized that timely detection, especially in this type of disease, insists that treatment gives better results and gives better health conditions and life expectancy.
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