The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status, Income and Prevalence of Diabetes and Associated Conditions

Diabetes in Low-income Families
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Diabetes in Low-income Families
Diabetes is the fastest-growing chronic disease in the world, and certain populations are at greater risk. Its prevalence is associated with low socioeconomic status. The present study focused on the connection between income and diabetes prevalence in Canada. Findings from this study indicate that household income is strongly and independently related to type 2 diabetes prevalence and its associated conditions like overweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and high blood pressure. In 2013, about 382 there were about 382 million diabetic patients globally. Researchers expect these figures to exceed 592 million by 2035 (Bird et al., 2015).
Estimates show that the mortality rate of diabetes-related complications is one person per six seconds. Over 5.1 million people succumbed to diabetes in 2013. Canada has experienced similar trends. For instance, the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) estimated that diabetic patients in Canada increased from 2.5 million in 2010 to 3.7 million in 2020 (Bird et al., 2015). CDA noted that diabetes can lower the life expectancy by up to 15 years, making the condition the seventh leading cause of death in Canada (Bird et al., 2015). As noted, the rising cases of diabetes in Canada are attributed to low income. According to a report published by the CDA in 2009, the significant risk factors for the increased diabetes prevalence in Canada include high obesity levels, rising sedentary lifestyles, and emergent Aboriginal population.
According to the Public Health Agency, the primary risk factors of diabetes in Canada include physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, overweight or obesity, and smoking (Bird et al., 2015). However, the Health Canada attributed the growing risk of diabetes to high body mass index (BMI), unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, and inability to manage blood pressure levels (Bird et al., 2015). Although the three reports did not mention income as a factor for diabetes, the present study has shown a correlation between socioeconomic status and diabetes.
The present study is a cross-sectional study design. A cross-sectional study design is a type of observational study that involves looking at data from a population at a specific point. Researchers often use this method to make inferences about possible correlations between two or more variables. In this study, researchers analyzed data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), which is a cross-sectional survey that collects self-reported information for the Canadian population (Bird et al., 2015).
The CCHS is developed by scholars, Statistics Canada, and the federal government. It depends on a large sample size to provide reliable estimates. Statistics Canada conducted the present study in the Saskatchewan Province, Canada (Bird et al., 2015). In this study, the researchers developed four different multivariate models to establish the effect of socioeconomic status on type 2 diabetes and related conditions of overweight or obesity, high blood pressure, and physical inactivity.
The findings reported are consistent...