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Diabetes is now South Africa’s biggest killer, but experts say it doesn’t have to be | SA News

Stats SA show that diabetes mellitus was the leading underlying natural cause of death in 2023, accounting for 27,692 deaths, or 5.8% of all recorded deaths, followed by cerebrovascular diseases, including strokes, at 5.4% of recorded deaths.

Hypertensive diseases were third, with 5.2%, or 25,018 deaths, while TB and HIV were fourth and fifth, respectively.

The figures point to a major shift in the country’s health crisis. As deaths from infectious diseases have declined, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension have taken a growing share of lives.

Experts say the problem is not only about what happens in hospitals. It starts much earlier, with what people eat,…

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