Diabetes Globally

Diabetes is the world’s fastest growing chronic disease.   

On 20 December 2006 the UN General Assembly passed UN Resolution 61/225 recognising diabetes as a major health crisis facing all nations of the world. The Resolution designates 14 November each year as the United Nations World Diabetes Day and calls on all nations to develop national policies for the prevention, treatment and care of people living with diabetes and those at risk of developing diabetes.

World Diabetes Day 2011 marked the release of the International Diabetes Federation's 5th edition of the Diabetes Atlas.  New figures indicate that the number of people living with diabetes is expected to rise from 366 million in 2011 to 552 million by 2030, if no urgent action is taken.  This equates to approximately three new cases every ten seconds or almost ten million per year. IDF also estimates that as many as 183 million people are unaware that they have diabetes.

Fast Facts

• 366 million people have diabetes in 2011; by 2030 this will have risen to 552 million
• The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing in every country
• 80% of people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries
• The greatest number of people with diabetes are between 40 to 59 years of age
• 183 million people (50%) with diabetes are undiagnosed
• Diabetes caused 4.6 million deaths in 2011
• Diabetes caused at least USD 465 billion dollars in healthcare expenditures in 2011; 11% of total healthcare expenditures in adults (20-79 years)
• 78,000 children develop type 1 diabetes every year
• Africa: 78% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed
• Europe: the highest prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children
• Middle East and North Africa: 6 of the top 10 countries by diabetes prevalence
• North America and Caribbean: 1 adult in 10 has diabetes
• South and Central America: 12.3% of all deaths were due to diabetes
• South-East Asia: almost one-fifth of the world's people with diabetes live in just seven countries
• Western Pacific: 132 million adults have diabetes, the largest number of any region
• All nations—rich and poor—are suffering the impact of the diabetes epidemic
• Diabetes particularly affects those who are socially and economically disadvantaged
• Diabetes increases the risk of developing tuberculosis
• Diabetes threatens achievement of the Millennium Development GoalsIDF links the local to the global: from grass-roots activism, through programmes with health professionals, to influencing global health and development policy
• IDF elevated diabetes onto the global agenda through the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs
• IDF supports a global network of health professionals from over 170 countries working in diabetes education
• The IDF World Diabetes Congress is the only global event that brings together the whole diabetes community
• IDF leads the World Diabetes Day campaign: over 1,000 buildings around the world illuminated in blue on 14 November
• There are solutions for managing and curbing the diabetes epidemic
• IDF has a suite of position statements and clinical guidelines for health professionals
• IDF is the legitimate voice of people with diabetes

Source:
Diabetes Atlas, fifth edition, International Diabetes Federation, 2011

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