REVIEW ON THE PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS SINDH PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

DM is a metabolic condition distinguished by high blood sugar owed by shortage or lack of insulin. Lack of insulin influence on the metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and fat, and causes a significant interruption of water and electrolyte balance. International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) reported 366 million people were affected worldwide as of diabetes in 2011, 371 million peoples were suffering by diabetes in 2012. During 2014, 6.9 million diabetic patients were reported from Pakistan by IDF between the age group of 20-79 years old, the occurrence was 6.8% in adults. IDF estimates the prevalence of 12.8 million diabetics by 2035, Considerable work also done in Sindh Province. During 1995 Sheraet al., made a survey on the occurrence of DM in the rural regions of district Shikarpur of Sindh Province. 16.2% males and 11.7% females were suffering from DM (Maharet al., 2010) reported the prevalence diabetes type 2 in the rural populace of Gaddap town, Karachi Pakistan. The prevalence was 8.73%, with 1258 (6.55% previously and newly reported 2.18%) (Bukhariet al., 2016) made survey on Diabetes Mellitus and reported a total of 11.20% of population were suffering from DM among them 9.19% were reported for women and 16.2% of man suffering from DM. (Parveenet al., 2017) survey on the diabetes in Hyderabad district of Sindh Pakistan. They randomly select 240 samples from Hyderabad out of which 142 males and 98 females, the total prevalence was 59% male and 41% of females.