Title: How Many People Have Diabetes - Diabetes Prevalence Numbers
Headings: Diabetes Prevalence
Diabetes Prevalence
UK diabetes prevalence
How many people have diabetes in the UK
World diabetes prevalence
Prevalence across diabetes types
Countries with high diabetes prevalence
Prevalence of diabetes and ethnicity
What is the risk of developing diabetes?
Life expectancy
The cost of increased diabetes prevalence

Content: How Many People Have Diabetes - Diabetes Prevalence Numbers
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Diabetes Prevalence
15th January 2019
By Editor
Since 1996, the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK has risen from 1.4 million to 3.5 million
Taking into account the number of people likely to be living with undiagnosed diabetes, the number of people living with diabetes in the UK is over 4 million
Diabetes prevalence in the UK is estimated to rise to 5 million by 2025. Type 2 diabetes in particular has been growing at the particularly high rate and is now one of the world’s most common long term health conditions. UK diabetes prevalence
Currently, the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the UK is estimated to be 3.5 million [16]
It is predicted that up to 549,000 people in the UK have diabetes that is yet to be diagnosed. This means that, including the number of undiagnosed people, there is estimated to be over 4 million people living with diabetes in the UK at present. This represents 6% of the UK population or 1 in every 16 people having diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed). The prevalence of diabetes in the UK (for adults) is broken down as follows: How many people have diabetes in the UK
Country
Number of People
England
2,913,538
Northern Ireland
84,836
Scotland
271,312
Wales
183,348
The majority of these cases are of type 2 diabetes, which has been linked to increasing cases of obesity. Statistics suggest that a slightly higher proportion of adult men have diabetes. Men account for 56 per cent of UK adults with diabetes and women account for 44 per cent. World diabetes prevalence
It is estimated that 415 million people are living with diabetes in the world, which is estimated to be 1 in 11 of the world’s adult population.