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Diabetes Now Mexico's
Leading Cause of Death
posted September 8, 2004
Diabetes has overtaken
poverty-related infections to become the leading cause of death in Mexico, and
WHO is warning that a devastating global diabetes epidemic is looming.
Mexico's Health Ministry said on Tuesday the report, just published, found
deaths from diabetes are increasing by 3% each year, making diabetes the cause
of 12% of deaths in the country.
"Diabetes is the best example of the epidemic transition the country is going
through, characterized by a growing predominance of noncontagious illnesses,"
the report stated, noting associated factors like obesity were also on the rise.
The global death toll from diabetes exceeds the three million killed by AIDS.
World health bodies predict the number of diabetes sufferers worldwide could
more than double to 366 million by 2030 from around 177 million now.
Normally considered a rich countries' disease, diabetes is growing fastest in
poor countries, often in tandem with obesity - a rising problem in developing
countries and especially in junk food-obsessed Mexico.
Mexico is also seeing a swing toward cancer, which is now the underlying cause
of more than 10% of deaths.
In total, the percentage of deaths from noninfectious illnesses like diabetes,
heart disease, cancer and hypertension has risen to 73% from 44% in 1950. Fewer
than 15% of deaths in Mexico are now from common infections.
"These figures show the principal causes of death are no longer linked, as in
the past, to infections but to the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and addictive
substances, inactivity and obesity. We must promote more healthy habits,"
President Vicente Fox said in a speech August 24, 2004.
Source: Diabetes In Control.com.
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