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China needs to build a more varied healthcare sector for the elderly population

Global Elderly Population to Double in 30 years

S Satapathy   | Apr 01, 2016 09:31 AM EDT

A report by the US census bureau revealed that the global elderly population is ageing at an increasing rate, with the number of people aged at 65 and over expected to reach more than double by 2050.

Asian female Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Manager discussing diet with Asian male person with diabetes

151 million expected to have diabetes in China by 2040

S Satapathy   | Mar 31, 2016 11:41 AM EDT

The swelling trend of diabetes is a foremost concern for China as close to 100 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes, which is highest in the world as per the data released by International diabetes federation (IDF). According to IDF, the number of diabetes cases has increased rapidly in recent years and is projected to reach 151 million by 2040 in the country. There are almost 500 million more people, suffer from so-called “prediabetes”—a stage where blood sugar levels are high, but not high enough to trigger a diagnosis—indicating what the IDF calls “the enormity of diabetes as a public health problem in China”. A study by IDF also says that 13% of medical expenditures in China are directly caused by diabetes.

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