Mexico and the Burden of Diabetes

Abstract

There are different types of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90% of cases, caused by factors such as hereditary predisposition, environmental factors and lifestyles.  This condition affects the quality of life of the patient and their family. The number of this disease has increased, in 2012 there were more than 347 million people affected in the world. And only 25% maintain adequate medical control.

The economic costs associated with the treatment of diabetes and its complications represent a serious burden for health services and for patients. A prediabetic to receive comprehensive treatment should spend approximately $ 93,000mxn per year, and a diabetic with a complication, almost $ 2,000,000mxn per year. In 2012, diabetes generated worldwide costs of approximately $ 471,000 million, by 2030 this number amounted to 893,000 million dollars.

 In 2005 it is estimated that Mexico spent $ 317 million in costs of care for patients with DM2. 10 ascending in 2011 to 7,000 million dollars.

The direct costs of type 2 diabetes in Mexico were estimated at $ 179,495.3 million in 2013. It should be noted that the cost of medical care for the main complications of diabetes represented the highest percentage (87%), the indirect costs of type 2 diabetes in Mexico were estimated at $ 183,364.49 million. In this sense, the economic loss due to premature death accounted for most of the burden of indirect costs (72.5%).