Objective To understand the prevalence and epidemiological features of diabetes mellitus (DM ) in Nan′an district of Chongqing ,and to investigate the relationship between blood glucose with various factors of sex ,age and body mass index(BMI) to provide the basis for prevention and treatment of DM .Methods Take the local resident population as the investigation object ,By u-sing the epidemiological investigation method of random sampling ,the native permanent residents were taken as the respondents ,the epidemiological survey including the general conditions (gender ,age ,occupation and nationality ) ,height ,weight ,waist circumfer-ence ,waistline ,blood pressure ,heredity family history ,environmental factors ,personal dietary habits and social psychological factors was performed .Results Among 10 932 permanent residents ,DM was found in 447 cases ,the prevalence rate was 4 .09% ,in which the prevalence rate of females was significantly higher than that of males ;the prevalence rate of DM showed an upward trend with the age increase ;the incidence rate of DM in the obesity population was obviously higher than that in the normal population .The people with smoking history ,hypertension ,dyslipidemia have higher incidence rate than the common populations .Conclusion DM is a disease closely related with the factors of sex ,age ,obesity ,smoking ,hypertension and dyslipidemia .Early intervention control has important significance .