Facts & figures
General Information
What is diabetes?
Key messages about diabetes
Fact sheets
The diabetes fact sheet provides an overview about various topics related to diabetes including burden, prevention, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, complications and economic costs.
Fact sheet No. 312 "Diabetes"
Figures & Graphs
Diabetes affects millions of people. Find out about the current number of people with diabetes and future projections, worldwide and in individual countries.
Prevalence of diabetes
Diabetes is a life threatening condition. Recent WHO calculations indicate that worldwide almost 3 million deaths per year are attributable to diabetes.
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The Burden of Mortality Attributable to Diabetes: Realistic estimates for the year 2000. [pdf 101kb]
The following figures and graphs have been extracted from the Diabetes Action Now booklet:
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Prevalence of diabetes - world map [pdf 72kb]
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Graphs - Number of adults with diabetes in developed and developing countries [pdf 277kb]
Background information
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Global prevalence of diabetes: estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030 [pdf 231kb]
More data about diabetes and details about methodology can be found on the web site for the WHO Global Burden of Disease Project.
Burden of Disease Project
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