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The Unrelenting Global March Of Diabetes

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Diabetes is the world’s eighth biggest killer, accounting for some 1.5 million deaths each year. A major new World Health Organization report has now revealed that the number of cases around the world has nearly quadrupled to 422 million in 2014 from 108 million in 1980. The Eastern-Mediterranean region had the biggest increase in cases during that time frame. Diabetes now affects one in 11 adults with high blood sugar levels linked to 3.8 million deaths every year.

 

This chart shows the percentage prevalence and number of adults with diabetes by WHO region in 1980 and 2014.

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