Curiosities about diabetes There are many, but in this article we will focus on precise data, which will allow you to know more about the scope of this disease and its development throughout history.
Data and curiosities about diabetes:
1.More than 371 million people suffer from diabetes
Just as you read it, despite being an incurable, but controllable disease, diabetes is a condition present in around 371 million people on the planet, a representative figure of 5% of the world's population.
Of these 371 million people, 5 million live in Spain, that is, 10% of the population of this country suffers from diabetes.For this reason, 8.2% of the health budget is aimed at the treatment of this condition.
2.One in two people suffering from diabetes is unknown
Diabetes, especially in its beginnings, can be an extremely silent disease, so it is a fact that one in two people with this condition does not know that they suffer from it.
The figures for the scope of diabetes in the world is increasing, it has even been shown that every two seconds a person develops this disease, and as we have just read, it is likely that he spends a lot of time ignoring that he suffers it.
3.Woody Allen, Salma Hayek and Maradona suffer from diabetes
Historical characters on the planet like Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Alva Edison suffered from diabetes.
Also many figures from the world of entertainment and entrepreneurship, such as Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona, comedian Jack Benney, the founder of McDonald's Ray Kroc and Woody Allen present or suffered in life of this condition.
4.China is the country with more patients with diabetes
With 92 million people sick of diabetes, China heads the list of countries in which this disease has greater reach.In second place is India with 63 million diabetes patients and in third place, the United States with 24 million.
These figures have alarmed the World Health Organization, who have climbed this disease, categorizing it as a pandemic (world epidemic).
5.90% of diabetics have type 2 diabetes
This means that 90% of people suffering from diabetes are adults.In general, the factors that developed the disease in this population are related to bad eating habits and obesity.
Less than 10% diabetics have type 1 diabetes. It is important to emphasize that caesarean section increases probability, that the baby develops children's diabetes.
Some final curiosities are that it is said that a glass of wine contributes to the control of diabetes, it can also be beneficial to use the application of Gluquo diabetes, developed by Quo Health that helps you monitor your eating habits and lifestyle.
Finally, something that perhaps you do not know about diabetes, is that despite suffering this disease, a healthy lifestyle can even develop, even reaching achievements, as demonstrated by the characters presented at one of the points ofThis article.