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MELBOURNE, Australia ? Type 2 diabetes will remain one of the greatest challenges to healthcare systems around the world for many years to come, experts told the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) World Diabetes Congress 2013 here last week. The condition currently affects 382 million people worldwide, a figure that is predicted to rise to almost 600 million by 2035, and 80% of the disease burden is now in low- and middle-income countries, most of whom are ill-equipped to respond to this epidemic.
These stark numbers are detailed in the latest IDF Diabetes Atlas, released to coincide with the Melbourne meeting. The map reveals that almost 50% of all people with diabetes in the world currently live in just 3 countries: China, India, and the United States, and "it's clear that in each of these countries, there will be substantial increases over the next couple of decades," Paul Z. Zimmet, MD, from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, told a Lancet and Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology symposium at the congress.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817616
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These stark numbers are detailed in the latest IDF Diabetes Atlas, released to coincide with the Melbourne meeting. The map reveals that almost 50% of all people with diabetes in the world currently live in just 3 countries: China, India, and the United States, and "it's clear that in each of these countries, there will be substantial increases over the next couple of decades," Paul Z. Zimmet, MD, from the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, told a Lancet and Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology symposium at the congress.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817616
(free registration required)