article_snippet: Around 10 per cent of sufferers have type 1 diabetes –
article_snippet: But the other 90 per cent have type 2 diabetes –
article_snippet: In China and India, almost 10 per cent of adults have diabetes, compared with the global average of 8.3 per cent, reveals the study published in the journal Pharmaco Economics.
article_snippet: The study, published in the journal Pharmaco Economics, cited data from the International Diabetes Federation estimating that 8.3 per cent of adults aged 20 to 79 now suffer from diabetes.
article_snippet: In China and India the number is closer to 10 per cent, with 165million diabetics living in those two nations alone.
highlights_snippet: This compares to the global average of 8.3 per cent, according to study .
  
highlights_snippet: 90 per cent of sufferers have lifestyle-related type 2 diabetes .