Prerequisites for building a program for the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus in the context of the transition to general medical examination of the population

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious and widespread diseases: in a number of countries it ranks third among the causes of death, first among the causes of blindness in the population; 25 times increases the predisposition to blindness, 17 times to kidney disease, 5 times to gangrenous lesions of the lower extremities, 2 times to heart disease [5]. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the population is constantly growing and reaches 3% in developed countries [3], while it has been established that the incidence rate, identified according to the data on the population's appeal for medical care, may be several times lower than that determined by the results of medical examinations [7 ].