According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is said that there are at least 171 million diabetics in the world as of 2006. The number of patients increases rapidly, and it is estimated that this number doubles by 2030. The diabetic is in the world, but there is much number of patients (the type 2) as a developed country. However, the area having high increase rate is considered that it becomes in Asia and Africa in fact, and it is thought that the number of patients becomes the most by 2030. I tend to increase with urbanization and the change of the lifestyle, and diabetes of developing countries may be related to “the westernization” of the eating habits. From this, it is thought that an environmental change affects diabetes greatly (including the meal).
In a developed country, diabetes becomes the 10 size (or 5 biggest) illness, and the influence is increasing in other countries. The diabetes ratios in the North America continue increasing for at least these past 20 years when I take the United States for an example. In 2005, there were approximately 20,800,000 diabetics only in the United States. According to association of U.S. diabetes (American Diabetes Association), 6,200,000 people do not yet receive a diagnosis, and the diabetes wannabees are equal to 41 million people.
The number of patients in Japan increases from approximately 30,000 to around 7 million in these 40 years and is said to be it even if it amounts to 20 million when I include border type diabetes (diabetes wannabees). According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announcement, the person who was strongly suspected of diabetes from survey data as of November, 2006 in Japan was 8,200,000 people by estimate. According to vital statistics (vital statistics) of 2006 of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the metropolis and districts worst first place of the national death rate is Tokushima for 14 consecutive years from 1993 (by the way, 19.5 people per 100,000 are Aichi at least 7.5). It continues at the death rate due to specific diseases more than ten years, and it does not watch many examples elsewhere that the same prefecture is the first place (other regional high rates include that Akita is the 12 years continuation rate of suicide first place from 1995 through 2006 in a field of the mind medical care.) ) that the number of the suicides per rate of suicide of Akita namely a population of 100,000 people is 42.7 people, and the national average is 23.7 people. It is difficult to lower the death rate dramatically unless I plan switch from a treatment type to the preventive health care of the health instruction type because diabetes is a kind of the lifestyle-related diseases. Because Tokushima is the prefecture that the number of the number of the medical institutions, the doctors is higher in than national average, I continue having it pointed out as a factor, but knowledge for the diabetes prevention of Tokushima medical association and a medical institution, Tokushima or other administrations and area inhabitants and lowness of the consciousness are not almost improved for an at least statistical result every year. Tokushima declared “diabetes emergency declaration” in November, 2005, but I gave no result on the numerical value, and the death rate per 100,000 rather turned worse to 19.5 from 18.0 people in the last year. I approach to get it, and whole country’s first more than 20 people are force for 3 times than death rate lowest Aichi, and there is it in an increase tendency more. It may be said that I am extremely exceptional for the gap between the areas of the specific disease. In addition, 37.2% of men 20 years or older are obese, and I am big, and even an element to be obese exceeds 28.4% of whole country average in Tokushima, and the existence of the obese youth as the diabetes reserve army makes the future prospects a severer one.糖尿病
In addition, Tokushima escaped from the worst first place after an interval of 15 years and, according to vital statistics (vital statistics)( round numbers) of 2007 of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, became an average of 14.2 (the death rate per a population of 100,000 people) worst sixth place