ACTA SCIENTIFIC NUTRITIONAL HEALTH (ISSN: 2582-1423) Volume 3 Issue 8 August 2019 Epidemiology of Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Andhra Urban Population Sai Leela Modem* and Sony Vadarevu Department of Home Science, St. Joseph’s College for Women, Visakhapatnam, India *Corresponding Author: Sai Leela Modem, Department of Home Science, St. Joseph’s College for Women, Visakhapatnam, India. Research Article Received: June 24, 2019; Published: July 11, 2019 Introduction Abstract Diabetes Mellitus proves to be major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world and contribute largely to healthcare costs. The study of 51 hospitalised DM patients was undertaken in Visakhapatnam city in Andhra Pradesh state of India. The hospi- talised DM patients were aged from 41 to 90 years, that is late middle age to old age. The males and females were equally affected by the disease and its complications. The maximum affected were in the age group 61-70 years. The disease had a toll on people of all walks of life and with active lifestyle. The study revealed very pathetic situation as the people affected with DM were in productive age. The burden of the disease affected the quality of life and the economic condition of the patients. Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus (DM); Anthropometry; BMI; Hospitalised; Disease Burden; Lifestyle; Quality of Life Diabetes Mellitus proves to be major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world and contribute largely to heath care costs. Deshpande (2008) points out that the risk of death of pa- tients with DM is twice that of the population of the same age with- out DM. Seema., et al. [1] opine that DM poses significant health- care burdens on both families and society. Adiseshiah [2] suggests that multidisciplinary interventions help in management of DM patients and delay the onset of complications which are usually life threatening and affect the quality of life. The present study was undertaken to assess the incidence of diabetes and complications associated with it. According to studies the prevalence of diabetes in India is about 2.1% in the urban population and 1.5% in the ru- ral areas. Thus, about 2% of the total population in our country is suffering from diabetes and there is almost an equal number hav- ing undetected diabetes. Urbanization and increasing prosperity have raised the prevalence rate. The study revealed very pathetic situation as the people affect- ed with DM were in the productive age. The burden of the disease affected the quality of life and the economic status of the patients. It can be observed from Figure 1, that 35% of the diabetic pa- tients were in the age group of 61-70 years, followed by 25% in the age group of 51-60 years. Objective To understand and trace out the critical factors haunting the DM patients selected from an urban population. Methodology The study was designed to assess the incidence of diabetes with complications. A sample of 51 subjects in Visakhapatnam city, Andhra Pradesh, India was selected. The details of the patient’s family, socioeconomic status, anthropometry, diet and physical ac- tivity was collected while the patients ‘health status was obtained from the case history. The data was analysed and correlated for un- derstanding the epidemiology of Diabetes in urban patients. Results and Discussion Figure 1: Diabetics (%) according to the age group. According to data shown in Figure 2, the total subjects selected for the study, the males are 53% and females are 47%. DOI: 10.31080/ASNH.2019.03.0365 Citation: Sai Leela Modem and Sony Vadarevu. “Epidemiology of Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Andhra Urban Population". Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 3.8 (2019): 48-50.