La carga de la diabetes en América Latina y el Caribe: análisis a partir de los resultados del Estudio Global de Carga de Enfermedad del año 2015

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important health problems in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is the fourth cause of healthy life loss, reaching the first place in several countries in the region. In this paper we integrate and analyze some diabetes results from the Global Burden of Disease Study (2015), conducted by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. These results show an unfavorable panorama of the region when comparing the different indicators analyzed with the corresponding global values. Three-quarters of the countries in the region have healthy diabetes-related life losses above the global average. The regions that consistently show a greater burden are the Caribbean and central Latin America. In addition, some of the influential factors in the diabetes situation in the region are commented, and changes in strategies that are essential to revert it are discussed.