Title : Diabetes morbidity and mortality at Dr Raoul Pierre Louis Hospital, January 2020- December 2021, west, Haiti.
Abstract:
Background: Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by the presence of excess sugar in the blood called hyperglycemia. People with diabetes are twice as likely to die as healthy people. Diabetes is the leading cause of death among cardiovascular diseases. In 2021, 6.7 million people died worldwide due to diabetes. In Haiti, diabetes is one of the top four causes of death for a population of approximately 8 million. Nearly 300,000 people live with diabetes in Haiti. The national prevalence rate for diabetes, in the 20-79 age group, is 8.2% for women and 4.9% for men. Diabetes is a threat to our Haiti and to the planet
Methods: A retrospective descriptive study during the period 2020-2021 was carried out. We consulted the registers and files of all patients hospitalized in internal medicine from January 2020 to December 2021. Variables such as: Age, sex, year, municipality were taken into account. Data was analyzed on Epi Info 7.2. And the frequency and incidence measures were calculated.
Results: For 142 patients admitted to the internal medicine department during the study period, 98 were women, that is a percentage of 69%, 44 were men, that is a percentage of 31%. The majority of cases were women aged 50 and over, and three (3) female deaths were recorded.
Conclusion: During the period, there was an increase in cases among women at the Dr Raoul Pierre Louis Hospital. There were 3 deaths during the year 2021, this proves that diabetes is indeed a disease to be taken seriously by the Ministry of Public Health. The problem of this pathology shows us the importance of paying sustained attention to this disease in order to educate and sensitize the population on the disease.
