Thursday is World Diabetes Day, but it's not exactly a celebration—at least not according to new research published Wednesday in the . According to findings from a new global analysis carried out by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration and the World Health Organization, 828 million adults around the world had either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes in 2022, more than four times the 198 million that claimed the same in 1990, per a . In that 30-year-plus span, global diabetes rates for both men and women doubled, rising from 6.
8% to 14.3% for the former, and from 6.9% to 13.
9% for the latter. Researchers put together their study, said to be the first global analysis of trends in diabetes rates and treatments in all nations, by compiling data from more than 1,000 studies on upward of 140 million adults worldwide. The notes that more than half of the diabetes cases found worldwide were centered in four nations: India (212 million), China (148 million), the United States (42 million), and Pakistan (36 million).
Indonesia and Brazil also ranked high on the list. Among wealthy countries in the West, the United States and the UK claim the highest diabetes rates, with 12.5% and 8.
8% of the population suffering from the condition, respectively. Fueling the rise in diabetes cases are an aging population, more prevalent obesity, unhealthy diets, and lack of available treatment, especially in developing nations. About 445 million patients ages 30 and over, or 59% of those with diabetes, didn't se.
