Each new edition of the Diabetes Atlas, strengthened by the latest prevalence studies, confirms the fact that diabetes is increasing – and increasing rapidly – in every part of the world.
At the same time, there is now good evidence showing that type 2 diabetes can be prevented in many cases, and that there are cost-effective measures for preventing diabetic complications.
The third edition of the Diabetes Atlas firmly confounds what many have believed for so long. Once thought of as a disease of affluent countries, type 2 diabetes is now a growing burden on developing economies.
More than 80% of the 246 million people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries, where health resources are needed to combat both contagious and chronic diseases. Once thought of as a disease of the elderly, people in younger age groups now form the bulk of those with diabetes.
Some 46% of adults with diabetes are in the 40–59 age group.
Once thought of ‘as a touch of sugar’, studies show that diabetes at any age, if not properly managed, will lead to serious outcomes, and, in some cases, death. It is estimated that 3.8 million men and women will die from diabetes in 2007, more than 6% of total world mortality.
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