The 2022 Saint Lucia population census has raised concern over the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension among the populace, disclosing that they rank as the highest Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
Of particular concern were the number of diabetes cases in Castries (2,916) and Gros Islet (1,347), which account for a significant portion of the total 8,740 cases across the entire population.
Castries also leads in hypertension with 6,711 cases, followed by Gros Islet with 3,222, Vieux Fort – with 1,880, and Micoud with 1,826.
“This raises concerns about the widespread occurrence of these NCDs and their impact on the population, productivity, mental factors such as stress and depression, resource constraints, diet, and lifestyle,” the Population Census Report observed.
The report also noted the high prevalence of medical conditions such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, asthma, and depression in the Castries enumeration district.
It stated that this places pressure on the healthcare infrastructure, particularly for access to specialized care, improved socioeconomic conditions, and removal of barriers to healthcare.
Of the 1,276 cases of depression the census recorded, Castries accounted for 407.
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This article is a textbook of how NOT to present data. You mention Castries and GI have the highest count of diabetes cases….isn’t that proportional to these two areas having the highest populations? Why not present the percentage of the total populations in Castries and Gros Islet with diabetes…or a ratios like 1 in 8 persons are living with it? I expected better from statistics experts whonwork3d with the census….you have to know how to present the census data so that policy makers can act!!! Gosh man
These figures are frightening. It appears all the fundamentals don’t look good for Saint Lucia. The high numbers of the silent killers of hypertension and diabetes speaks volumes. It also highlights the problem of consumption of all those soft drinks, fried chicken, chips and all manner of crap that is consumed because they are cheap…but of course, what do you expect the people to eat when things are so expensive and the money can’t stretch that far.. combined with a sedentary lifestyle……the consequences are high levels of diabetes and hypertension.
Diabetes, Hypertension – another scared scam in the making for doctors and prescription drugs, base on statistics. check below –
1. Stroke – 103 – Due to our bad habits, we sit and mind other people business causing poor circulation.
2. Ischaemic heart disease – 81.4 – Again another bad habit, eating a lot of trash with high fat content,
3. Diabetes mellitus – 76.4 – Eating a big bowl of food, no exercise, just sit and mind other people business and talk trash
4. Kidney diseases – 43.6 – Without alcohol apparently lucians can’t function
5. Lower respiratory infections – 35.9 – Never protect what they inhale or surroundings, a shot a Denross or bounty I good
6. Prostate cancer – 30.8 – Biggest condoms market per capita, jabal galore country, women like a closeclip.
7. Road injury – 29.8 – Parties, Alcohol, Stupidity, Fast Driving and more….
8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – 28.9 – The doctors are still to find its origin.
9. Hypertensive heart disease – 28.7 – fight and mind other people problems, fight for who support red/yellow
10. Alzheimer disease and other dementias – 26 – not thinking, waste time going to school, don’t know how to keep the brain cells working. Jah!
The data are per 100k people and as of 2019
Source WHO, as we spend millions in digitalizing our system with computers and servers and yet they cannot publish or make public a table so the population can see. We should accept their mouth of words. BS!