Diabetes as a Global Health Problem

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Diabetes as a Global Health Problem The IDF
meets the Challenge By Prof. Morsi ArabIDF
Chairman MENA Region
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MENA
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Reported Incidence of Type1 Diabetes at the MENA
Region per 100.000 population under 15 yrs (
Diabetes Atlas 2006)

• Afghanistan 1.2
• Algeria 8.6
• Bahrain 2.5
• Egypt 8.0
• Iran 3.7
• Iraq 3.7
• Jordan 3.2
• Kuwait 22.3
• Lebanon 3.2
• Libya 9.0
• Morocco 8.6
• Palestine 3.2
• Oman 2.5
• Pakistan 0.5
• Qatar 11.4
• Saudi Arabia 12.3
• Sudan 10.1
• Tunisia 7.3
• Emirates 2.5

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?At The MENA Region

• Prevalence of Diabetes is 9.2 (age 20 -79)
• Prevalence of IGT .is 8.1
• 24.5 millions with Diabetes 22.4 with IGT
• out of the top 10 highest diabetes prevalence
  rate
• countries 6 are MENA countries
• Estimated death due to DM as of all deaths is
  11.5
• ( 11.1 in Europe and 11.8 in
  MENA )

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• Diabetes Mortality
• World wide 3.2 millions die from
  complications
• associated with
  diabetes
• In the ME ( with high prev. of diab.)
• one in 4 deaths in
  adults 35-64 years
• is related to
  diabetes

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MENA
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The pyramidal structure of the Egyptian
population
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Age Group 10 20
30 40 50
60
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Eastern desert
Western desert
Nubia
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• DIABETES IS PART OF THE WIDER HEALTH PROBLEM
  THE METABOLIC SYNDROME20-25 of the world
  adult population have the metabolic syndrome (
  MTS) , and these are
• - 5 times at risk to develop diabetes type
  2
• - 3 times likely to have a heart attack
• or stroke
• - twice likely to die

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• Obesity is always involved , or
  associated with all elements of the Metabolic
  Syndrome
• But Which type of Obesity ?

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• Abdominal Obesity as measured by waist
• circumference is more indicative of the
• Metabolic Syndrome profile than increased
  BMI

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