Abayomi Ayoade - Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos
Sunday Olanrewaju Agboola - Department of Mathematical Sciences, Nigerian Army University, Biu, Nigeria

Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem, escalating at a disturbing rate dueto unbalanced lifestyles and some underlying health issues. In this work, a system offirst-order linear ordinary differential equations as well as numerical simulations wereemployed to gain insight into the dynamics of the disease. The theoretical outcomeof the analysis was derived in terms of the model parameters while computer simula-tion was used to assess the behaviour of the model in terms of the parameters values.Both the theoretical and numerical studies of the model revealed lifestyles and ef-fective treatment as the parameters to be targeted for effective reduction in bothdiabetes prevalence and mortality. It is therefore concluded that diabetes prevalenceand mortality reduction is a function of adjustment in unbalanced lifestyles as wellas improvement in diabetes treatment.

Diabetes Mellitus, lifestyle, Simulation, Mathematical model, Treatments