Impact of Gastrointestinal Disease in Canada.
Economy
Annual per capita health care costs have been estimated to be three to four times greater in a population with diabetes compared to a population without the disease.
Healthcare system
In 2008/09, adults aged 20 to 49 years with diabetes saw a family physician twice as often as those without diabetes, and specialists two to three times more often.
lots of surgeries have to be done for gastrointestinal diseases
Family
Children can be born with Gastrointestinal Diseases
Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among children and youth.
Employment
May be hard to work with certain diseases
Some may be managable
intense symptoms including naseua vomiting stomach pain
Individual
6.8 percent of Canadians had diabetes in 2009
People with diabetes experienced mortality rates at least twice as high than those without. This results in noticeable decreases in life expectancys as well as health-adjusted life expectancys.
can be long time to recover from surgery
can be adverse effects from antibiotics
not able to eat alot of food
Media
Ive seen alot of GE diseases on tv