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Almost 138 million people have diabetes. If we do not act now, this figure will rise to 202 million by 2035 1 in 12 adults have diabetes Half of them have not been diagnosed and are at higher risk of developing harmful and costly complications Diabetes will cause 1,821,000 deaths in 2014 - the highest mortality rate across regions 45% of those deaths were in people under the age of 60 Despite being the region with the highest diabetes burden, only USD 101 billion were spent on treating diabetes - 16% of the total worldwide |
Regional Fact Sheet |
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The data for the 7 regions of IDF can be downloaded at www.idf.org/diabetesatlas |
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