Title: International Diabetes Federation reveals America has the HIGHEST rate of diabetes in the developing world | Daily Mail Online
Headings: International Diabetes Federation reveals America has the HIGHEST rate of diabetes in the developing world
America has the HIGHEST rate of diabetes in the developing world - while the UK, Australia and Lithuania are among those nations with the lowest rates of the condition
PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN ADULTS AGE 20-79 IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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Content: The prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes is increasing worldwide. 'While the exact cause of type 1 diabetes is currently unknown, trends such as urbanisation, unhealthy diets and reduced physical activity are all contributing lifestyle factors that increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.’ The figure is expected to hike up to 642 million by 2040, according to the data. Experts warn approximately 75 per cent of people suffering from diabetes reside in low-income and middle-income countries. Every six seconds there is a diabetes-related death, totaling five million such deaths each year worldwide. The US may top the list of developing nations with the highest prevalence of diabetes, but when it is considered alongside third world countries, it ranks at 60th place. A ‘tsunami of diabetes’ is flooding the Middle East, Caribbean and Latin American regions, as well as the Pacific Islands, researchers said. +2
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Meanwhile at the other end of the spectrum, Lithuania is the developing nation with the lowest prevalence of the disease, at 3.97 per cent of the population, while in the UK 4.73 per cent of the population are battling the disease
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Island nations actually hold the top five positions globally in terms of diabetes prevalence among people aged 20-79.