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In December 2006, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) met in Cape Town, South Africa, and during the meeting, the IDF launched a new Diabetes Atlas. Some stats from the Atlas, based chiefly on 2003 numbers: • Global incidence of type
1 diabetes in children and adolescents is increasing
with an estimated overall annual increase of around
3%. Annually, it is estimated that worldwide, some
65,000 children under 15 develop type 1 diabetes.
• Of the estimated total
of approximately 430,000 cases of type 1 diabetes
in childhood, the highest number, more than a quarter,
come from the South-East Asian region. More than
15% come from the North American region and more
than one-fifth come from the European (EUR) region.
• Amongst the young, type
2 diabetes is thought to account for 2-3% of all
types of diabetes. This, however, is likely to be
an underestimate as, depending on the study, 8-45%
of recently diagnosed diabetes in the young in the
United States is due to type 2 diabetes. Diagnoses
of type 2 diabetes in patients as young as eight
years have been reported.
• In 2003, out of a world
population of 6.3 billion, an estimated 194 million
adults aged 20-79 had diabetes, making the worldwide
prevalence 5.1%. Additionally, an estimated 314 million
people aged 20-79, or 8.2% of the world's population,
had impaired glucose tolerance.
• By 2025, the world will
have an estimated population of 8.0 billion people
– and an estimated 333 million adults with
diabetes (6.3% of the world's population) and 472
million adults (or 9.0% of the world's population)
with impaired glucose tolerance.
• For 2003, the annual
direct healthcare costs of diabetes worldwide, for
people aged 20-79, were estimated to be at least
153 billion international dollars, and may be as
much as 286 billion international dollars. If the
prevalence predictions for 2025 are fulfilled, total
direct healthcare expenditure on diabetes worldwide
will be between 213 billion and 396 billion international
dollars in 2025.
• The estimated annual
direct cost of diabetes in the USA, based on 2002
American
Diabetes Association calculations, was US$91.8
billion, while indirect costs were estimated to be
US$39.8 billion. Meanwhile, recent work in Canada
suggests that the total direct healthcare cost of
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