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Diabetes is a Serious Disease

Diabetes is Associated withSerious Complications

• Diabetes is associated with significant morbidity• Among people with diabetes:

– 40% have diabetic retinopathy – 15% have foot ulcers – 80–90% have obesity – 34–45% have erectile dysfunction – 40–50% have neuropathy – 40% have anxiety and 15% have depression – 75% of deaths will be due to coronary or

cerebrovascular event – Have a 2- to 3-fold increased risk of CAD

Public Health Agency of Canada. Diabetes in Canada: Highlights from the National Diabetes Surveillance System 2004–2005..Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guideline Expert Committee. Can J Diabetes. 2008;32 (suppl 1): S1-S201. Statistics Canada. Sequelae of diabetes. Diabetic foot, chronic ICD-9 250.7.

Diabetes is the Leading Causeof End-stage Renal Disease

• Diabetes and ESRD in Canada (2010)– Diabetes was the leading cause of ESRD, identified in

35% of new cases.

– The average age of incident hemodialysis patients was 65.3

• More than half of these patients reported having diabetes.

– Between 2001 and 2010, the prevalence rate of ESRD patients with diabetes as a primary diagnosis increased by 54%.

– The lowest five-year survival rates in patients receiving dialysis were in those with renal vascular disease (36%), drug-induced renal failure (38%), and diabetes (39%).

CIHI. CORR Annual Report: Treatment of End-Stage Organ Failure in Canada: 2001-2010.

Diabetes is Associated with Higher Mortality After Cancer Surgery

• People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operation than people who have cancer, but do not have diabetes.

• People with newly diagnosed cancers – especially colorectal or esophageal tumours – who also have type 2 diabetes have an approximately 50% greater risk of dying following surgery.

• While the reasons for this are not clear, possible explanations include:– increased risk of infection and infection-related mortality

associated with diabetes – increased risk of cardiovascular death associated with diabetes.

Barone BB, et al. Diabetes Care. 2010;33:931-939.

Diabetes is a Strain on Out-patient and In-patient Resources

• Compared to people without diabetes, adults with diabetes in Canada have:– Twice as many visits to family physicians – 3 to 4 times as many visits to specialists

• Compared to people without diabetes, people with diabetes were hospitalized at higher rates for: – Heart failure: 4-fold increase – Stroke: 3-fold increase – Heart attack: 3-fold increase – Chronic kidney disease: 6-fold increase – Lower limb amputation: 19-fold increase

Public Health Agency of Canada. Report from the National Diabetes Surveillance: Diabetes in Canada 2009.

Diabetes Shortens Life Expectancy For All Ages

• A 50-year-old with diabetes dies, on average, 6 years earlier than a counterpart without diabetes

• Compared to people without diabetes, people with diabetes have higher mortality rates: – 20–44 years: 4 to 6 times higher – 45–79 years: 2 to 3 times higher

The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. N Engl J Med 2011; 364:829-841Public Health Agency of Canada. Report from the National Diabetes Surveillance: Diabetes in Canada 2009.

Diabetes Shortens Life Expectancy For All Ages

• Compared to people without diabetes, people with diabetes have higher mortality rates: – 20–44 years: 4 to 6 times higher – 45–79 years: 2 to 3 times higher

Public Health Agency of Canada. Report from the National Diabetes Surveillance: Diabetes in Canada 2009.

Diabetes is a Frequent Reason for Physician Visits

Top 10 reasons* for patient visits¶ to physicians in Canada, 2010

1. Hypertension

2. Diabetes (without complications)

3. Health check-up(Routine Child Health Check-up [V20.2] and Routine General Medical Exam and Health Check-up

[V70.0])

4. Depression

5. Anxiety

6. Acute upper respiratory infection

7. Normal pregnancy supervision

8. Hyperlipidemia

9. Esophagitis

10. Hypothyroidism

* Based on ICD-9 classifications. ¶ Visits made to Canadian office-based physicians – physicians maintaining an office outside hospitals

Diabetes Treatments are Among the Top 10 Most Frequently Dispensed Therapeutic

Classes in Canada

Rank Therapeutic class Prescriptions* dispensed

in 2010 (in millions)

1 Cardiovasculars 77,130

2 Psychotherapeutics 64,853

3 Gastrointestinal/genitourinary 36,283

4 Cholesterol agents 34,214

5 Hormones 26,650

6 Analgesics 25,232

7 Anti-infectives (systemic) 24,532

8 Diabetes therapies 21,348

9 Neurological disorders 22,773

10 Diuretics 17,835

*Estimated prescriptions dispensed in Canadian retail pharmacies. Includes new and refillsIMS Brogan; CompuScript, 2010.

Diabetes Treatments are Among the Top 10 Therapeutic Classes by Worldwide Sales, 2011

IMS Health, MIDAS, December 2011

Rank Therapeutic class Sales

(US$ billions)% Sales growth

1 Oncologics 62.2 5.5

2 Respiratory agents 39.4 7.3

3 Anti-diabetics 39.2 11.4

4 Lipid regulators 38.7 3.7

5 Anti-psychotics 28.4 9.4

6 Angiotensin-II antagonists 27.4 -0.7

7 Anti-ulcerants 26.9 -6.4

8 Autoimmune agents 24.4 14.1

9 Anti-depressants 20.4 -1.5

10 HIV antivirals 17.4 9.5

Sales cover direct and indirect pharmaceutical channel purchases in US dollars from pharmaceutical wholesalers and manufacturers. The figures above include prescription and certain over-the-counter data and represent manufacturer prices. Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Worldwide, diabetic retinopathy is responsible for 4.8% of cases of blindness due to eye disease

• Diabetic retinopathy is responsible for 4.8% of the 37 million cases of blindness due to eye diseases throughout the world (i.e. 1.8 million persons).

• After 15 years of having diabetes, about 2.0% of individuals will become blind, while about 10% will suffer severe visual loss.

• After 20 years, over 75% of people with diabetes will have some form of diabetic retinopathy.

• This eye disease can seriously compromise people's ability to work and live productive lives.

VISION 20/20 The Right to Sight. Diabetic Retinopathy.