Diabetes - Facts & Figures

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• 30 Sept, 2021

Blood glucose is the main source of energy and comes from the food you consume. Insulin, a hormone synthesized by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into the cells to be used to drive you up throughout the day. Living with diabetes does not mean you have a serious illness, your pancreas are just tad more lazy to secrete enough insulin and you end up having too much glucose (sugar) in blood.

As we proceed by, we will walk you through some facts and figures regarding this condition, that is its distribution worldwide and in India. The data discussed here are based on reliable scientific evidences.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Let's discuss the Global Burden contributed by Diabetes. The data sets provided are according to the research analysis conducted by Institution of Health Metrics & Evaluation (IHME) University of Washington, according to which, Diabetes and Kidney diseases was ranked 4^th common disability globally and in India, in 2019, whereas it was ranked 8^th, a decade ago, between the age group 50-69, (https://vizhub.healthdata.org/, the link can be followed for more detailed information and visualizations.)

According to IDF, Diabetes Atlas, 9^th edition, 2019 (International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 9th edn. Brussels, Belgium: 2019). (Follow the link- https://www.diabetesatlas.org for more facts related to figures.)

• 1 in 11 adults (20-79 years) have diabetes, this approximates around 46.3 crores of population
• 1 in 2 adults with diabetes are undiagnosed, approximates around 23.2 crore
• 1 in 6 live births (2 crore) are due to gestational diabetes, (Diabetes during pregnancy)
• Over 11 lakh children have type 1 diabetes
• 10% of the global expenditure is on diabetes (76000 crore USD)

EMERGING HUB

It is well known fact that India occupies only 2.4% of the total land area of the world but houses around 16.7% of the world’s population, nevertheless, our country is an emerging hub for Diabetes. Rapid transition in the lifestyle from the good old school practices has resulted in sedentary lifestyle, disrupted sleep cycle, stress and obesity & Diabetes.