A study on the association of demographical factors with the prevalence of diabetes in North Eastern states of India

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a growing epidemic in India. Diabetes has now become a major threat to most of the Indian household. The awareness for prevention of such metabolic disease is negligible among adults with sedentary lifestyles, and obesity is the prime culprit for it. Objective: The aim of the paper is to find an association of demographic factors with the prevalence of diabetes in India and its North Eastern states. Methodology: The data was collected from a cross-sectional study conducted by a longitudinal aging study in the year 2017 of 72,055 individuals aged 45 and above across India. The chi-square test and ANN model are used to study the impact of different demographic variables on the prevalence of diabetes in India and its North Eastern states. Results: Occupation, community, religion, sex, working status, caste, and marital status, and education are the demographic factors that are significantly associated with the prevalence of Diabetes in India. The best ANN model from those significant variables over the prevalence of diabetes is from Arunachal Pradesh, followed by Assam and Nagaland. Conclusion: Diabetes is a burden for a nation like India, but its prevention, treatment, and control are low among the adults of the Indian population, mostly who are married and employed in the government or private sectors.