[Diabetes mellitus: an epidemic rise?].

Diabetes mellitus is becoming an increasingly important issue in insurance medicine. Given the rising numbers of overweight applicants, an important question is wether the number of diabetic applicants is also rising, and if so, by how much. The media talks of an epidemic of obese poeple. Is the same true of diabetes mellitus? And what can wo do? Higher loadings? Nothings? Let us take a closer look at the prevalence and incidence rates. Hopefully, this will shed some light on this problem.