Four times more people than in 1990 suffer from diabetes; a total of 800 million people worldwide are affected. Nearly 60 percent of them are not yet receiving therapy. Fortunately, things are a little different in Austria.
“From 1990 to 2022, the frequency of diabetes has doubled in both men (from 6.8 to 14.3 percent) and women (from 6.9 to 13.9 percent). With the added impact of global population growth and aging, there will be 828 million adults with diabetes by 2022,” experts said.
This represents an increase of 630 million people affected since 1990, when an estimated 198 million people had this disease.
There are hardly any changes in the rich countries
What is striking is the very different development depending on the regions, states and social conditions in the world: while in Pakistan, for example, the frequency of diabetes among women has increased from nine to 30.9 percent, in rich countries around the world – such as France, Spain and Denmark: hardly any change has been observed.
For the study, scientists used data from more than 140 million people over the age of 18 and from more than 1,000 studies in different countries.
- The countries with the lowest diabetes rates for both sexes in 2022 were in Western Europe and East Africa, but also included Canada and Japan. In Denmark, Spain and Switzerland this percentage among women was two to four percent and in countries such as Denmark, France, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda between three and five percent among men.
- 25 percent and an even higher proportion of diabetics are found in the Pacific Island countries, the Caribbean, the Middle East and countries such as Pakistan and Malaysia. The reason for this is often obesity and poor nutrition.
- The United States has the highest diabetes rates among highly developed industrialized countries, with 11.4 percent of women and 13.6 percent of men affected.
- Three in five adults with diabetes over the age of 30 (59 percent) do not receive medical care for this. The number of people affected without treatment has increased by a factor of 3.5 since 1990 and will reach 445 million patients in 2022 (1990: 129 million).
Situation in Austria
Apparently the research looks somewhat critically at the figures for Austria. According to the Austrian Diabetes Association (ÖDG), approximately 800,000 people in the Alpine Republic currently live with diabetes. About 60 percent of those affected over the age of 30 were treated.
Source: Krone
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