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The general director of the Guadalajara Civil Hospital, Héctor Raúl Pérez Gómez, said that in Mexico, it is estimated that about 10% of the population, or 12 million people, have diabetes. .
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The director general of the Guadalajara Civil Hospital, Héctor Raúl Pérez Gómez, said that in Mexico it is estimated that about 10% of the population12 million people, to have diabetes.
This was expressed during the keynote address delivered at the Symposium on the Medical Point on Diabetes and Obesity, as part of the first week of health on diabetes, overweight and obesity.
He added that because of the above the direct health expenditures for the attention of this population group are in the order of 19 billion pesoswhich represents up to 30% of the budget allocated to health.
This amount is besides that the majority of the patients with cardiovascular disease are patients with diabetes, which could even represent twice the amount of 19 billion pesos of expenditure considered, "he said.
He mentioned that, according to the International Diabetes Federation, for the years 2015-2017, there would be 10 million sick adults in the world.
He said that there are 34 million more adults than in 2015 who are at risk of developing diabetes mellitus, 8 million adults over the age of 65 with diabetes compared to 2015, $ 54 billion more than in 2015 in direct costs related to diabetes care and 19 million additional adults with undiagnosed diabetes.
He said that countries like Mexico have a serious problem: "we are talking about the prevalence of diabetes in our country which accounts for an average of 10% of the population".
He explained that the number of people with diabetes in 2017 was about 424.9 million people ", and according to estimates for 2045, this figure could reach 630 million people in the world reached of this disease ".
In this growth pattern of 2017-2045, if in the case of Mexico with 120 million inhabitants, we have about 12 million diabetics, it is estimated that by 2045 there will be 21.8 million people with diabetes. the disease and prevalence will be between 11 and 26% of the adult population, "he said.
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Benjamin Becerra Rodríguez, director of the former Guadalajara Civil Hospital, Fray Antonio Alcalde, said that by adopting a healthy lifestyle, focused on improving nutrition and physical activity, it was possible to prevent up to 70% of cases. diabetes
Dr. Héctor Alfredo Gómez Vidrio, head of the endocrinology department of the former Guadalajara Civil Hospital, said that diabetes is a serious public health problem"By continuing to make progress, it will change the life expectancy of Mexicans and account for just over 17% of deaths in Mexico."
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