India, the Diabetes Capital of the World
India has an estimated 212 million people with diabetes out of 828 million globally. One in four people (26%) in the world with diabetes is from India, making it the most affected country in the world. (India's population as calculated in November 2024 was about 17.78% of the global total.) As of November 2024, India has an estimated 212 million people with diabetes, the highest number in the world THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Fourteen percent of the world's people -- more than 800 million -- now have diabetes, a doubling of the global rate for the blood sugar disease since 1990, new statistics show. Type 2 diabetes , which makes up 95% of cases, is surging in poorer countries. However, across these resource-poor nations, only half of people get treated, said a team reporting Nov. 13 in The Lancet journal. That means that about 445 million people with diabetes aren't controlling their blood sugar levels in ways that could keep them heal...