Diabetes mellitus en ancianos, caracterización epidemiológica y comportamiento clínico terapéutico en San Antonio de los Ba？os

population aging is a world problem, harnessed with high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (dm) according to years advance. it carried out one transversals study during one year determining epidemiology; clinic and therapeutic problems associated a diabetic mobility people with 65 years and more in san antonio de los ba？os, havana. it was defined as objectives: bigger frequency for ages and sexes, use therapeutics modality and glicemia controls, more frequently complications a reveille organs according the evolutions of diabetes mellitus time. it was obtained global mediates at 86.3 years with right gaussians distributions, increasing the frequency of dm in women as they aged, although men was discreetly majority (reason1.4/1). 37.5 % used diabetic's oral treatment, although those that only completed diet presented better blood sugar controls. ischemic cardiopathy prevailed (33 %) in a 94 % of complicated, frequency increasing according diabetes mellitus evolved at years. aged, not blood sugar controls, withy several complications a reveille organ and a long time of evolutions; diabetic's old people are health problem still will not solution at san antonio de los ba？os town, havana.