June 1, 2017.
According to the health expenditure map of the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), published Wednesday, May 30, the number of patients with chronic diseases will continue to increase in the coming years. Explanations.
450,000 more people will suffer from diabetes
This is a first: Health Insurance cross-linked the health data at its disposal with the expected demographic changes, to establish health forecasts for the years to come. Rather alarming forecasts. In 2020, for example, 580,000 additional French people will be covered for chronic illness, occasional hospitalization or maternity.
In detail, the figures are quite telling: in 3 years, 450,000 additional people will suffer from diabetes, which will make a total of more than 4 million patients throughout the country. Cardio-neuro-vascular diseases (sequelae of stroke, heart failure or angina) will multiply : in 2015, 4.5 million people suffered from it. In 2020, there will be 600,000 more.
How to explain this increase in diseases?
But that’s not all. The number of people with chronic respiratory diseases will increase significantly (+340,000). This will also be the case for psychiatric illnesses (+250,000) and inflammatory diseases, rare diseases, or HIV (+235,000 patients in 3 years). But how can we explain such an explosion in the number of patients in the years to come?
It seems like the aging of the population largely explains this phenomenon. ” Cardiovascular disease or diabetes are diseases that affect older people », Analyzed Professor Ayden Tajahmady, who led this work. But the increase in risky behavior (obesity, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, etc.) could also be the cause of many diseases.
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