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More than 4 percent of
Assam’s population is diabetic: study
November 14, 2017: “Diabetes is a
silent killer. One person is being killed every 8 second and
the killer is diabetes. More than four percent of Assam’s
population is diabetic. This amounts to about 13 lakh
population being diabetic in Assam”, said Dr Rupam Choudhury,
a diabetologist while addressing a function on Tuesday on
“Awareness on Diabetes” organized by the Department of
Physiotherapy, University of Science and Technology
Meghalaya (USTM)here on the occasion of World Diabetes Day.
Based on a Diabetic Prevalence Study done in Assam in 2014,
Dr Choudhury said that there is a 3.73 per cent increase of
diabetic patients every year and the rate is increasing
continuously. Making a presentation on “Diabetes: The Silent
Killer”, Dr Choudhury said that 77 percent of the diabetic
people are living in low and middle income countries.
According to the study, one in every two persons does not
know that they have diabetes. Diabetes is actually a
disorder of insulin production and its utilization, he
added.
Earlier, welcoming the participants, Prof Amarjyoti
Choudhury, Vice Chancellor, USTM, said that prevention is
better than cure and the need of the hour is that people
have to be aware of this killer disease which entirely rests
on one’s lifestyle. The function was also addressed Prof RK
Sharma, Pro VC, USTM apart from other dignitaries. It was
attended by more than a hundred participants. |
