New study on antibiotic resistance: By the year 2050, around 3.9 crore people in the world may die due to antibiotic resistance. This has been revealed in a new study published in Lancet. According to scientists, the number of deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can increase by 70% from 2022 to 2050. The elderly are most at risk of this. The condition of antimicrobial resistance arises when it becomes difficult to eliminate bacteria and fungus with medicines. This study has created a stir all over the world.
The worrying thing is that out of the 3.9 crore deaths due to antimicrobial resistance by 2050, 1.18 crore people will die in South Asia. Scientists conducting the research say that the number of deaths related to antibiotic resistance will increase significantly in the African region too. Researchers say that people are using antibiotics excessively or using them in the wrong way. This is putting more pressure on bacteria and due to this the bacteria are becoming more resistant over time. According to scientists, antibiotics should be used wisely.
Researchers have been calling antimicrobial resistance a threat to public health for decades, but this study has been done by a large team of researchers. This study is part of the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance project. This is the first study to analyze antimicrobial resistance over time across the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) also says that this resistance makes it difficult to treat common infections and makes medical interventions such as chemotherapy and cesarean section very risky.
In this research, data such as more than 52 crore hospital discharge records, insurance claims and death certificates from 204 countries have been analyzed. Statistical modeling was used for this. Scientists found that between 1990 and 2021, more than 1 million deaths occurred every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Since then, deaths due to this resistance have increased and it will increase in the coming times. Christopher JL Murray, director of the Health Metrics and Evaluation Institute at Washington University in the US and senior author of the study, says that this is a big problem.
Lead author of this research and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, Kevin Ikuta, said that an estimated 39 million deaths will occur in the next quarter century. In this way, approximately three deaths will occur every minute. Between 1990 and 2021, there was a reduction of more than 50 percent in deaths due to antimicrobial resistance in children aged 5 and below, while there was an increase of more than 80% in people aged 70 and above. It is clear from this that the risk of such deaths will be reduced for children, while this risk will increase in the elderly.
Scientists estimate that deaths from antimicrobial resistance in children will continue to decline, halving by 2050. However, deaths among seniors will double in the same period. Over the past 3o years, the decline in antimicrobial resistance-related deaths among young people and the increase in such deaths among the elderly have balanced each other out. However, as the global population ages and becomes more vulnerable to infections, AMR deaths among seniors may soon exceed those in other age groups.
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first published : September 17, 2024, 09:51 IST
