Nearly 50% of older adults in Cayman have multiple high-risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), significantly increasing their chance of developing serious health problems.
Health officials in Cayman say this will place more strain on the healthcare system and the public purse as the population ages.
Even more worrying is the very high number of people in the Cayman Islands already suffering from NCDs that were undiagnosed.
More than one in three people who have high blood pressure were undiagnosed, with poverty playing a part in their failure to seek help.
The data comes from the first glimpse of the ministry's STEPS 2023 National Health Survey findings, which were unveiled at the annual Cayman Islands Health Care Conference last week.
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