Title: International Diabetes Federation reveals America has the HIGHEST rate of diabetes in the developing world | Daily Mail Online
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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: International Diabetes Federation reveals America has the HIGHEST rate of diabetes in the developing world | Daily Mail Online
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
US has the highest prevalence of diabetes among all developed countries across the world, new data reveals
Almost 11% of American adults - that's nearly 30 million - have the disease, say International Diabetes Federation
Singapore comes in second at 10.5%, followed by Malta at 10% while the UK is among the nations with lowest rates
By Lisa Ryan For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:50 EDT, 1 December 2015 | Updated: 09:19 EDT, 2 December 2015
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The US has the highest prevalence of diabetes among all developed countries across the world, new data reveals. Almost 11 per cent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 79 suffers from the disease, according to data from the International Diabetes Federation. That’s an estimated 30 million adults across the country. Pause
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Such is the scale of the issue in the US, the country had nearly two-thirds the total number of cases of all the other 37 developed nations combined, experts warned. In contrast, those nations have a total of 46 million cases between them. +2
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The International Diabetes Federation has revealed the US tops the league tables of developing countries with the highest prevalence of the disease, with 10.75 per cent of adults suffering type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Singapore and Malta come in second and third place
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