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Eritrea Diabetes Profile Summary

Population and Income

• Total population: approximately 5.2 million.
• Income group: low.

Diabetes Mortality

• Diabetes deaths (ages 30-69): 320 males, 220 females; 70+ ages: 120 males, 160 females.
• Deaths attributable to high blood glucose similar to diabetes deaths.
• High uncertainty due to lack of national NCD mortality data.

Death Causes Trend

• Leading causes of death: communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions (52%), injuries (35%), cancers (25%), and other non-communicable diseases.
• Diabetes mortality proportion not available, and other NCDs include cardiovascular diseases (14%) and low estimates for others.

Prevalence and Risk Factors

• Diabetes prevalence: 3.4% overall.
• Key risk factors: overweight (16.7%), obesity (3.4%), physical inactivity (9.0%), with variations by gender.

National Response

• Policies and guidelines: Operational policy for diabetes and physical inactivity exist and are implemented; evidence-based guidelines available.
• No policy for reducing overweight/obesity.
• Monitoring: Diabetes registry and recent risk factor survey available.
• Medicine and technology availability: Basic tools like blood glucose measurement are available; however, not all diabetes medications and procedures are generally accessible in the public health sector.