A study published in The Lancet journal found that nearly 82.8 crore people around the world are estimated to be living with diabetes in 2022. The study also says that a quarter of people with diabetes are Indians.
World Diabetes Day is observed every year on November 14 and the day aims to raise awareness about diabetes and its preventive measures. Researchers who form that Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) said the figure of 82.8 crore is over four times the number in 1990, with the largest increase in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The researchers said that between 1990 and 2022, rates of diabetes treatment stagnated at low levels in many of the same LMICs, where cases of the disease drastically increased, resulting in 44.5 crore adults aged 30 and over with metabolic conditions globally. Of the 82.
8 crore, India’s share formed over a quarter (21.2 crore). Another 14.
8 crore were in China, while 4.2 crore, 3.6 crore and 2.
2 crore lived in the US, Pakistan and Brazil, respectively. Further, in 2022, almost one-third of the 44.5 crore adults (13.
3 crore) with untreated diabetes lived in India. “Our findings suggest there is an increasing share of people with diabetes, especially with untreated diabetes, living in low- and middle-income countries,” said author Jean Claude Mbanya, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon. He added, “Most people with untreated diabetes will not have received a diagnosis, therefore increasing detection of d.
