Did You Know?

Diabetes Facts

• At least 171 million people worldwide have diabetes; this figure is likely to be more than double by 2030.
• Around 3.2 million deaths every year are attributable to complications of diabetes; six deaths every minute.
• The top 10 countries, in numbers of sufferers, are India, China, USA, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil Italy and Bangladesh.
• Overall, direct health care costs of diabetes range from 2.5% to 15% of annual health care budgets, depending on local diabetes prevalence and the sophistication of the treatment available.
• The costs of lost production may be as much as five times the direct health care cost, according to estimates derived from 25 Latin American countries.
• Recent studies in China, Canada, USA and several European countries have shown that feasible lifestyle interventions can prevent the onset of diabetes in people at high risk.

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