Globally, 1.3 billion projected to be living with diabetes by 2050
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) Population living with diabetes worldwide, currently half a billion, is projected to more than double to 1.3 billion in the next 30 years with every country expected to see an increase, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet.
“The rapid rate at which diabetes is growing is not only alarming but also challenging for every health system in the world, especially given how the disease also increases the risk for ischemic heart disease and stroke,” said Liane Ong, lead author and Lead Research Scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, US.
Almost all global cases, 96 per cent, are type 2 diabetes (T2D), the researchers said, who used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 study and examined the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of diabetes for 204 countries and territories by age and sex between 1990 and 2021 and forecasted diabetes prevalence to 2050.
