Epidemiological study of diabetes mellitus in Karbala holly city from the year 2001- 2006

Abstract

Depending on statistic department sataistic department data in Al-Hussein general hospital, out of the total number of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) 1453 ,605 were males and 848 were femles. with type1 DM ( Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus IDDM ) were 412 while Patients those with type 2 DM ( Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus NIDDM ) were 1041 The number of Patients live in urban area were 1161, whilethose who live in rural are area were 294 It s found from the research that the incidence of DM has been increased with year , DM found to be more prevent in femle s and and there is significant increasein the number of patients with DM who live in urban area in comparison to those who live in rural area