The Chinese Public Diabetes Awareness Survey Report was released by the Health Communication research team of the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University. The report reveals that China’s public awareness of diabetes remains at a relatively basic level, with issues like insufficient awareness of its harm and blind spots in identifying high-risk factors. Improving diabetes prevention and treatment is challenging.
The IDF’s latest data shows that by 2021, the prevalence of diabetes among 20 – 79-year-olds in China was 10.6%, with 141 million sufferers. From 1990 to 2021, relevant indicators in China were rising, and it has become the fifth leading cause of death along with kidney disease.
The report collected 2,600 samples nationwide (2,568 valid, 98.77% effective rate). Based on the 2023 Statistical Bulletin, the male-female ratio was set at 51.1:48.9. Urban household registration samples were 66.2%, and 18 – 59-year-old samples were 74.44%. Samples were distributed by province according to population proportion to explore key factors affecting diabetes cognitive level.
According to the “report”, public awareness has obvious deficiencies in aspects like harm recognition, high-risk factor identification, and treatment understanding. For example, many are unaware of the serious complications related to diabetes. The report shows poor awareness of some diabetes hazards. And worryingly, over half of diabetic patients may not know they have the disease. Teng Weiping’s team found that only 43.3% of diabetic patients knew they had diabetes, while 56.7% didn’t.
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