Key findings of the report:
- India continues to be home to the second-largest number of adults with diabetes worldwide, with 77 million adults with diabetes in the 20-79 years age group. This follows China, which has 116 million adults with diabetes in the same age profile.
- The worldwide prevalence of diabetes was estimated at 463 million in this age group, or in other words, one in 11 adults.
- India was the largest contributor to diabetes mortality with more than 1 million estimated deaths attributable to diabetes and related complications, in the larger South East Asian region.
- The number of people with diabetes is predicted to rise to 578 million by 2030 and to 700 million by 2045.
- 374 million adults have impaired glucose tolerance, placing them at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
- Diabetes was responsible for an estimated $760 billion in health expenditure in 2019.
- Diabetes is among the top 10 causes of death, with people under the age of 60 accounting for almost half the deaths.
- One in six live births is affected by hyperglycaemia in pregnancy.
