Analysis of Health Survey for England 2013 to 2019 has revealed that an estimated 7% of adults showed evidence of type 2 sikashukela, and 3 in 10 (30%) of those were undiagnosed; this equates to approximately 1 million adults with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Younger adults were more likely to be undiagnosed. 50% of those aged 16 to 44 years with type 2 diabetes were undiagnosed compared with 27% of those aged 75 years and over. The prevalence of pre-diabetes among Black and Asian ethnic groups was more than double compared to main ethnic groups.
According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) release titled “Risk factors for pre-diabetes and undiagnosed type 2 sikashukela in England: 2013 to 2019”, an estimated 7% of adults in England ibonise ubufakazi bohlobo lwesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2, kanti i-3 kwabayi-10 (30%) yalabo ayizange itholakale; lokhu kulingana nabantu abadala ababalelwa esigidini abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo lwesibili olungaxilongwa.
Abantu abadala asebekhulile kungenzeka ukuthi babe nohlobo 2 sikashukela, kodwa abantu abadala abasebasha babengase bangatholakali uma benesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2; I-50% yalabo abaneminyaka engu-16 kuya kwengama-44 abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 babengatholakalanga uma kuqhathaniswa nama-27% alabo abaneminyaka engama-75 nangaphezulu.
Those with type 2 diabetes were also more likely to be undiagnosed if they were in better general health, and women were more likely to be undiagnosed if they had a lower body mass index (BMI), lower waist circumference, or were not prescribed ukucindezeleka.
I-prediabetes ithinteke cishe oyedwa kwabangu-1 abadala eNgilandi (9%), okulingana cishe nabantu abadala abayizigidi ezi-12.
Amaqembu asengozini enkulu yokuba ne-prediabetes yilawo anezici ezaziwayo zengozi yohlobo lwe-2 yesifo sikashukela, njengokuguga noma ukuba sezigaba ze-BMI "ukukhuluphala ngokweqile" noma "ukukhuluphala"; kodwa-ke, kwakukhona nokusabalala okukhulu emaqenjini ngokuvamile abhekwa "njengengozi ephansi", isibonelo, i-4% yalabo abaneminyaka engu-16 kuya ku-44 iminyaka kanye ne-8% yalabo ababengakhuluphele ngokweqile noma ababekhuluphele babene-prediabetes.
Amaqembu ezizwe eziNsundu nase-Asia abenesibalo esingaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kokutholakala kwe-prediabetes (22%) uma kuqhathaniswa namaqembu ezizwe eziMhlophe, Ezixubile kanye nezinye (10%); ukubhebhetheka okuphelele kwesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 olungaxilongwa nakho bekuphakeme ezizweni zabaNsundu nabase-Asia (5%) uma kuqhathaniswa nabamhlophe, abaxubile nabezinye izinhlanga (2%).
Among those who were found to have type 2 diabetes, there was no difference between ethnic groups, with similar percentages of people who were undiagnosed found in both Black and Asian, and White, Mixed and Other izinhlanga.
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Izikhombo:
Ihhovisi Lezibalo Zikazwelonke (ONS), elikhishwe ngomhla ka-19 February 2024, iwebhusayithi ye-ONS, umbiko wezibalo, Izici eziyingozi zesifo sikashukela sangaphambi kwesifo sikashukela kanye nesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2 eNgilandi: 2013 ukuze 2019
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