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The calculations have been performed by diabetes researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, NTNU, UiT Norwegian Arctic University and Oslo University Hospital, writes FHI in a press release.
– It may appear that the number of diagnosed diabetes in Norway has roughly doubled in the last 20 years, says diabetes researcher Lars Christian Mørch Stene of the National Institute of Public Health.
More people have diabetes
The incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents has increased over time, but it is mainly type 2 diabetes that explains the increase in the total number in the entire population.
The researcher believes it is a problem that the range seems to increase so dramatically.
Obesity and physical inactivity help explain the increase in the number of people with type 2 diabetes.
People live longer
But there are also a number of positive public health factors that can contribute to the increasing number of people with diabetes.
Among other things, it is pointed out that we are living longer and longer, that the health service may have improved in detecting hidden diseases, that patients receive better treatment and better measures to prevent cardiovascular disease.
About 90 percent of all people with diabetes have type 2. It is considered a lifestyle disease, where the risk of developing it is reduced by being physically active and avoiding obesity and being overweight.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that usually occurs at a relatively young age.
Saturday is World Diabetes Day.
