Prevalence of Diabetes in Haryana

BackgroundDiabetes will pose a severe burden on the already fragile and under resourced health care system in India. As there is limited data available regarding prevalence of diabetes in northern India, the present study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and to study the association of risk factors in an urban population of Rohtak.Method A cross-sectional survey of 1000 eligible persons. A pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule was deployed.ResultsThe prevalence of diabetes in the study population was 8.1% which was higher in females (9.8%) as compared to males (6.1%). Results of impaired fasting glucose showed prevalence of pre diabetics to be 10.3% which was again higher in females (13.3%) as against 6.7% in males. 67% of pre-diabetic and 49.4% of diabetic have family history of diabetes mellitus in first degree relationship while 1.8% of non-diabetic had a family history of diabetes. prevalence of diabetes increased with increasing age up to 70 years. Moreover the prevalence of diabetes was high in two extremes of socio economic classes, being more in low socioeconomic class.ConclusionWe conclude that prevalence of diabetes in urban Haryana is lower than other states. Also the prevalence of diabetes is higher in females. Prevalence is influenced by age, education, occupation, socioeconomic status and marital status