Medical Gloves MarketSize and Trends

Rise in number of pandemic diseases and increase in surgical procedures around the globe expected to boost the medical gloves market in the forecast period

Growth in prevalence of pandemic disease such as HIV, swine flu, non-communicable and communicable diseases and increase in consumer awareness about hygiene and disease prevention boost the demand for medical gloves. North America and Asia Pacific is expected to lead the highest growth in medical gloves market in the future near due to the increase in number of surgical procedures, expenditure in the health care sectors and rise in incidence of chronic disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2015, around 10.4 million people around the world were affected by the Tuberculosis (TB). Whereas in 2012 around 48,000 new cases of whooping cough were estimated. As per the HIV.gov, around 36.7 million people worldwide suffered from HIV in 2015, including 1.8 million children; this number subsequently increased to 18.2 million in 2016. This expected to support the growth of surgical procedures around the globe.

According to the stats published by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), around 814,969 total surgical procedures were performed around the globe in the year 2014. As per the American Society of Plastic (ASPS) in the U.S. around 15.9 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in 2015.