Impacts of Gastrointestinal Disease in Canada

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Impacts of Gastrointestinal Disease in Canada

employment

working with the specific disease may be difficult

symptoms of vomiting, nausea and headache can be the case of difficulty of working at work

economy

The prevalence of diabetes is higher among Aboriginal females than males, the reverse of the gender pattern observed for diabetes prevalence in the general Canadian population

Digestive disorders result in over 18 million sick days, account for 10 per cent of all hospitalizations and cost the Canadian economy $18 billion annually through direct health care costs and lost productivity.

media

see a bunch of ads about type 1 diabetes on television

individual

People with diabetes experienced mortality rates at least twice as high than those without. This results in noticeable decreases in life expectancy as well as health-adjusted life expectancy.

Just under half of new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in individuals aged 45 to 64 years old. Survey data indicate that in this age group, 47.5% of individuals with diabetes were obese compared to 19.1% of individuals without diabetes, implying that obesity was a major contributor to diabetes in this age group.

Individuals with diabetes were three times more likely to have been hospitalized at least once during the year than those without diabetes, and had a longer hospital stay.

health care system

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.

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.

Family

Children can be born with Gastrointestinal Diseases

Children and youth with type 1 diabetes are at a greater risk of life-threatening complications because they rely on daily doses of insulin.

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among children and youth.