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An estimated 366 million people worldwide have diabetes. This is projected to rise to 552 million by 2030.
The estimate of 366 million people with diabetes in 2011 represents a 30% increase from the estimate of 285 million in 2010. 183 million people (50%) with diabetes are undiagnosed.

  2011 2030
Total world population 7.0 billion 8.3 billion
Total world adult population 4.4 billion 5.6 billion
Number of adults* with diabetes 366 million 552 million
Global prevalence of diabetes in adult* population 8.3% 9.9%
*age 20 - 79 years

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2011. Fifth edition. Available at: http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/5e/the-global-burden.
Chronic conditions have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading causes of global death.
Leading causes of global death: 2004 and 2030
  2004 2030
Disease Deaths (%) Rank Rank Deaths
Heart disease 12.2 1 1 14.2
CVD 9.7 2 2 12.1
Pneumonia 7.0 3 4 3.8
HIV/AIDS 3.5 6 10 1.8
Lung cancer 2.3 8 6 3.4
Diabetes 1.9 12 7 3.3
Malaria 1.7 13 41 0.4
Breast cancer 0.9 23 19 1.1

Source:
World Health Organization. World Health Statistics 2008. Available at: http://www.who.int/entity/whois/whostat/EN_WHS08_Full.pdf. Accessed June 15, 2011.
The number of U.S. adults treated for diabetes more than doubled between 1996 and 2007
Approximately 19 million U.S. adults reported receiving treatment for diabetes in 2007. This is more than double the 9 million reporting receiving care in 1996.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Trends in Use and Expenditures for Diabetes among Adults 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstiutionalized Population, 1996 and 2007. Available at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications.

Accessed June 15, 2011.
Since 1980, the number of adults with diabetes worldwide has doubled.
Source: Danaei G, et al. National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participants. Lancet. 2011;378(9785):31-40
There will be an estimated 70% increase in the number of adults with diabetes in the developing world and a 20% increased in the developed world between 2010 and 2030.
Source: Shaw JE, Sicree RA, Zimmet PZ. Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010;87:8-14.
Every year, approximately 78,000 children worldwide develop type 1 diabetes.
Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2011. Fifth edition. Available at: http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/5e/the-global-burden
25.8 million Americans (8.3% of the US population) have diabetes.
Diagnosed: 18.8 million people
Undiagnosed: 7.0 million people
Prediabetes: 79 million people

Source: National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2011. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheet11.htm Accessed November 16, 2011
One in every 400 American children is currently diagnosed with diabetes.
Source:
National Diabetes Fact Sheet 2011. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/factsheet11.htm Accessed November 16, 2011
China has an estimated 92.4 million adults with diabetes.
In China and other poorer nations, and an estimated 60% to 80% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed.

Source:
Yang W, Lu J, Weng J, et al. Prevalence of diabetes among men and women in China. N Engl J Med. 2009;362:1090-1101.
In terms of numbers of people with diabetes, the top 10 countries in the world each have between 7.3 and 90 million people with diabetes.
Top 10 countries in terms of number of people with diabetes* in 2011 and 2030.

2011 2030
Country/territory Number of people with diabetes (millions) Country/territory Number of people with diabetes (millions)
China 90.0 China 129.7
India 61.3 India 101.2
USA 23.7 USA 29.6
Russian Federation 12.6 Brazil 19.6
Brazil 12.4 Bangladesh 16.8
Japan 10.7 Mexico 16.4
Mexico 10.3 Russian Federation 14.1
Bangladesh 8.4 Egypt 12.4
Egypt 7.3 Indonesia 11.8
Indonesia 7.3 Pakistan 11.4
*age 20-79 years

Source:
IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2011. Fifth edition. Available at: http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/5e/the-global-burden
In terms of the prevalence of diabetes, in the top 10 countries in the world 20% to 25% of the population has diabetes.
Top 10 countries/territories in terms of prevalence (%) of diabetes* 2011 and 2030

2011

2030
Country/territory Prevalence of diabetes (%) Country/territory Prevalence of diabetes (%)
Kiribati 25.7 Kiribati 26.3
Marshall Islands 22.2 Marshall Islands 23.0
Kuwait 21.1 Kuwait 21.2
Nauru 20.7 Tuvalu 20.8
Lebanon 20.2 Nauru 20.7
Qatar 20.2 Saudi Arabia 20.6
Saudi Arabia 20.0 Lebanon 20.4
Bahrain 19.9 Qatar 20.4
Tuvalu 19.5 Bahrain 20.2
United Arab Emirates 19.2 United Arab Emirates 19.8


Source:
IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2011. Fifth edition. Available at: http://www.idf.org/diabetesatlas/5e/the-global-burden

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