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The Burden of Diabetes in Argentina
Fecha
2015-05Registro en:
Gonzalez, Lorena; Caporale, Joaquin E.; Elgart, Jorge Federico; Gagliardino, Juan Jose; The Burden of Diabetes in Argentina; Canadian Center of Science and Education; Global Journal of Health Science; 7; 3; 5-2015; 124-133
1916-9736
1916-9744
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Gonzalez, Lorena
Caporale, Joaquin E.
Elgart, Jorge Federico
Gagliardino, Juan Jose
Resumen
OBJECTIVE: To measure the economic burden of diabetes in Argentina by age, gender and region for the year 2005, in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
METHODS: DALYs were estimated by the sum of years of life lost due to premature death (YLL) and years of life lived with disability (YLD).
RESULTS: In the population studied (20 to 85 years), the burden of diabetes without complications was 1.3 million DALYs, 85% of which were caused by disabilities. Whereas mortality rates (YLL) increased as a function of age, YLD showed the opposite relationship. Women had higher burden of disease values, represented by 51 and 61% of YLL and YLD, respectively, independently of age.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that disabilities are a key component of diabetes burden; its regular and systematic estimation would allow to design effective prevention strategies, to assess the impact of their implementation and to optimize resource allocation based on objective evidence.