According to figures from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in Mexico there are more than 12.8 million diabetics and it is estimated that by the year 2045 the figure will reach 22.9 million. Now it has been known that the GNP insurer has paid 12 million pesos for the medical expenses of a single insured person with this condition.
According to him INEGI, in 2020 diabetes mellitus became the third leading cause of death, surpassed only by COVID-19 and heart disease. The insurer GNP reported that, from its 2017 individual major medical expense insurance portfolio, by the first half of 2022, more than 12,700 cases related to diabetes were attended, for which they have paid more than 990 million pesos.
The average number of cases is 42% in women and 58% in men.
The insurance company has reported, through a statement, that in the last five years, the average number of cases by gender is 42% for women and 58% for men, the latter being the ones that report the most cases in their portfolio. . Regarding the average age at which this condition occurs most frequently for a first treatment, it was revealed to be 65 years. However, it also highlighted that, on average, 15% of the diabetes cases it attended corresponded to insurers under 40 years of age.
What states paid the most for diabetes?
Nuevo León, CDMX, Jalisco, Baja California and Yucatán are the five states where, according to GNP data, the most claims for payment of medical expenses for diabetes are presented. Only in these states, in the year 2021, more than 112 million pesos were paid for 521 cases, which represent an increase of 10% compared to the year 2020, in which 474 cases were registered.
The insured people who claimed the most payment for medical expenses due to diabetes are in Nuevo León and Mexico City, since these two entities concentrate 82% of the claims associated with this condition.
Lastly, GNP stressed that “the adoption of healthy lifestyles contributes to combating serious diseases such as diabetes, as well as a periodic medical check-up to identify risk symptoms.”