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India Home To World’s Second Largest Diabetes Population In 2024: Study

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo New Delhi, Jan 16: At 90 million, India ranked second in the number of adults living with diabetes in 2024. China was first at 148 million and the US ranked third at 39 million, according to a study published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal. Researchers, including those from the International Diabetes Federation in Belgium and the India Diabetes Research Foundation and Dr A Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospital in Chennai, said countries with large populations, such as China, India, the US, and Pakistan, contribute a very large share of the number of people with diabetes worldwide.

India Home To World’s Second Largest Diabetes Population In 2024: Study

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Key Highlights

  • They projected that Pakistan could surpass the US by 2050.
  • The eleventh edition of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas provides national, regional and global diabetes prevalence estimates for 2024, with projections to 2050.
  • Estimates were provided for 215 countries and territories after analysing 246 studies conducted between 2005 and 2024.
  • Over 11 per cent of the world’s adult population, or 589 million adults aged 20-79, were affected by the metabolic disorder in 2024 and nearly 13 per cent (853 million adults) are projected to be affected by 2050, the study said.
  • “In 2024, one in nine adults worldwide was living with diabetes.
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