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What does the above number represent?
The Number represents the number of deaths caused by Diabetes in Year 2017
It is well established that eating too much sugar isn’t a wise thing to do, as it increases the risk of early death. Excessive sugar consumption pushes up the chances of developing a metabolic disorder, including diabetes mellitus and obesity. It pushes down life expectancy by several years.
What percentage of population in each state is suffering from diabetes under each population category ?
Sugar intake is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is increasing at an alarming rate in the United States.
Overall Hispanic and non-Hispanic black populations have a higher percentage of diabetes. Diabetes is common for individuals above 65 years of age
For various age groups, different states of the USA have a different spread of diabetes. Among the age group 18-44, Oregon stands first (5%), for 45-64, west Virginia stands first(22.5%) and for population above 65 Puerto Rico tops the list with (31.7%)
The non-Hispanic black population of New Mexico has the highest diabetes percentage of 21.9%
Number of Deaths caused due to Diabetes year over year !
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States
The adjacent chart shows the number of deaths caused due to diabetes in the US for the years 2014 to 2019
One interesting thing to notice is that for all the years mentioned above, the mortality rate in January and December is more as compared to other months
The year 2018 saw the highest number of deaths almost touching 8674 deaths and the lowest number of deaths were recorded in June 2014 with a count of 5802 deaths
Sugar = Obesity ?
As sugar consumption has increased, so too has the national waistline of the US. Two-thirds of the US population is either overweight or obese. Evidence suggests that diets high in added sugar promote the development of obesity.
Obesity is one of the major drivers of preventable diseases and health care costs
The map shows the percentage of obesity across the USA for the year 2020. Obesity in the western regions is less with Colorado having the least value (24.2%). On the other hand, some regions of the southeast and midwest have higher obesity and Mississippi stands first among other states with obesity of 39.7 %
Health care expenditure attributed to excess sugar consumption!
Diabetes imposes a substantial burden on society in the form of higher medical costs, lost productivity, premature mortality, and intangible costs in the form of reduced quality of life.
Furthermore, there continue to be changes in the demographics of the population with diabetes, health care use and delivery patterns, technology, medical costs, insurance coverage, and economic conditions that affect the economic burden associated with diabetes.
The bar graph on the right shows the health care expenditure associated with diabetes for various age groups, sex, and race for the year 2017
Health care expenditures attributed to diabetes generally increase with age, for the individuals above 70, the average health care expenditure per person is around $13,340 which is the highest among other age groups. The expense for the age group 35-44 is the lowest which is around $5,480.
The average medical expense per person for males is about $10,060 which is more than the average medical expense per person for females.
The average expenditure for the non-Hispanic black population ($10,470) is high among other races due to higher use of emergency care and hospital outpatient care.
This stacked column chart shows health care costs linked with diabetes for age groups above and below 65 and various services for the year 2017
Approximately 61% of all health care expenditures are for health resources used by the population aged ≥65 years
Prescribed medications contribute up to $49,534 to the health care expenses followed by hospital inpatients which contribute around $44,826
When we talk about the age group < 65 years, the major contributors remain the same i.e., the hospital inpatient and Prescribed medications with health care spending of around $24,835 and $21,702 respectively.
What is the indirect burden of Diabetes ?
The total indirect cost of diabetes is estimated at $89.9 billion. Major contributors to this burden are reduced employment ($37.5 billion), reduced performance at work ($26.9 billion) which accounts for 29.7% of the total cost, and premature mortality ($19.9 billion) which accounts for 22,1% of the total cost.
Workdays absent ($3.3 billion) and reduced productivity for those not in the workforce ($2.3 billion) represent a relatively small portion of the total burden and they incorporate 3.7% and 2.6% of the total cost respectively.
Steering Away from Sugar !!!
As evidence of sugar's negative health effects shows up, more Americans are skipping soda, whether regular or diet. People are now avoiding soda over other unhealthy choices, including sugar. Overall, American consumption of sweeteners is on the decline following a rise in the 1990s and peak in 1999 as seen in graph Availability Sugar per Capita in the US.
Diets, however, are complicated issues to distill. Targeting one specific ingredient can have unintended consequences. Dietary fat was the focus more than 20 years ago after reports showed it increased a person’s chances of disease, including obesity and heart problems. So, in turn, many high-fat products like dairy, snacks, and cakes, in particular, began offering low-fat options, often adding sugar to make them more palatable. These hidden sugars can make it harder for people to accurately gauge their daily sugar consumption.
Check the label. Packaged foods and drinks must list ingredients in descending order by weight. If sugar is one of the first few ingredients, the product is likely to be high in added sugars. The Nutrition Facts label displays the total amount of all sugars found in a serving of the product. This number includes both natural and added sugars. The label also includes a line for added sugars, reported in grams and percent Daily Value. As an increasing number of people become more cognizant of the faults of excess sweeteners they are steering away from excess sugar consumption.
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