Background
New figures released by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) ahead of World Diabetes Day reveal that 537 million adults around the world are living with diabetes. The new figures, taken from the upcoming 10th Edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, highlight the alarming growth in the prevalence of diabetes around the world.
Key findings include:
- One in ten (10.5%) adults around the world are currently living with diabetes.
- The total number of people with diabetes is predicted to rise to 643 million (11.3%) by 2030 and 783 million (12.2%) by 2045.
- Over 4 in 5 (81%) people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
- An estimated 44.7% of adults living with diabetes (240 million people) are undiagnosed.
- Diabetes was responsible for an estimated USD 966 billion in global health expenditure in 2021. This represents a 316% increase over the last 15 years.
- 6.7 million adults are estimated to have died due to diabetes or its complications in 2021 – 1 death every 5 seconds.
- South East Asia: 90 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 152 million by 2045, an increase of 68%.
- Western Pacific: 206 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 260 million by 2045, an increase of 27%.
- South and Central America: 32 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 49 million by 2045, an increase of 50%.
- North America and Caribbean: 51 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 63 million by 2045, an increase of 24%.
- Europe: 61 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 69 million by 2045, an increase of 13%.
- Africa: 24 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 55 million by 2045, an increase of 134%.
- Middle East and North Africa: 73 million, the number of adults with diabetes is predicted to rise to 136 million by 2045, an increase of 87%.
The 10th Edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas will be launched at the IDF Virtual Congress 2021 on 6 December.
Source of info: International Diabetes Federation
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