Diabetes Statistics

Projection of Number of People with Diabetes, IDF 2013:

Number of People with Diabetes by Region, IDF 2013:

Other Diabetes Statistics, IDF 2013:

• More than 21 million live births were affected by diabetes during pregnancy in 2013.

• Diabetes caused 5.1 million deaths in 2013.

• Every six seconds a person dies from diabetes.

• Diabetes caused at least USD 548 billion dollars in health expenditure in 2013.

• More than 79,000 children developed type 1 diabetes in 2013.

• The greatest number of people with diabetes are between 40 and 59 years of age.

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Sixth Edition, International Diabetes Federation 2013