
According to the forecast of the market research firm, P&S Intelligence, the market will progress at a CAGR of 6.6% between 2019 and 2024. The factors driving the market expansion are the growing incidence of lifestyle disorders and chronic diseases and the mushrooming population of geriatric people across the region.
According to many reports, two-thirds of all premature deaths in Europe are caused due to four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) namely diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. The population in this region is also affected by growing occurrence rate of various lifestyle associated disorders such as obesity and diabetes, on account of the changing lifestyle patterns of people. The growing prevalence of these diseases is fueling the expansion of the European durable medical equipment market.
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As per the data published by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), the number of diabetics in Europe will rise from 66 million in 2017 to 81 million by 2024. In this continent, the population of diabetic people was the largest in Russia, Spain, and Germany in 2017. The surging prevalence of this disease is pushing up the requirement for blood glucose monitors and various other therapeutic and monitoring devices for diabetes management.
Thus, the market is certain to exhibit huge expansion in the coming years, primarily because of the increasing life expectancy of people, surging geriatric population, and the rising incidence of various lifestyle associated disorders and chronic diseases in the region.