Time trend of diabetes mellitus in adults and elderly people in Rio Branco, Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon (2006–2020)

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the time trend of Diabetes mellitus in adults in Rio Branco, Acre in the years 2006 to 2020. Methods: This is an ecological observational study of time series, with data from the Surveillance System of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (VIGITEL). The Joinpoint Regression Analysis v.4.6.0.0 software was used to estimate the annual percentage change (APC) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: In Rio Branco, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in adults in the first year of the survey (2006) was 2.4%, with a higher prevalence in 2015 of 4.8%, and in the last year (2020) there was a reduction to 2.4%. In the elderly public, there was an increase from 16.2% in 2006 to 21.0% in 2020, with the highest frequency of DM in 2016, 24.6%. From 2006 to 2014, the annual percentage change (APC) of DM in the elderly showed a significant increase of 5.7% per year (95%CI: 2.6;8.9), as well as for schooling from 0 to 8 years of schooling (APC: 5.3%; 95%CI: 2.7;7.9) during the period from 2006 to 2015. Ascending trends in DM were observed among male adults, with an APC of 5.9% per year (95%CI: 0.9; 11.1) until 2018, as well as for non-consumption of soft drinks in this same public (APC: 5.2%; 95%CI: 0.5;10.1) until 2015. Conclusion: Government strategies against diabetes must be intensified in order to raise awareness among different age groups and population classes about the prevention, treatment and control of this disease.

Keywords

• Diabetes mellitus
• Nutrition surveys
• Health surveys