Title: Type 2 Diabetes Statistics and Facts
Headings: Type 2 Diabetes Statistics and Facts
Type 2 Diabetes Statistics and Facts
Risk factors
Prevalence
In general
In ethnic groups
In children
Age
Worldwide
Prevention
Weight
Monitoring
Medication
Complications and effects
Heart problems
Eye problems
Kidney problems
Sensation problems and amputation
Birth defects
Mental health effects

Content: For ages 10 to 19 years, this rate was 11 per 100,000. Comparatively, about 12.3 percent of all adults age 20 or older have diabetes. And 25.9 percent adults 65 years or older have diabetes. That’s much higher than the 0.26 percent of children 19 and under. Adults ages 40 to 59 comprise the world’s age group with the highest diabetes rates. According to one study, this is expected to shift to adults ages 60 to 79 by 2030. Worldwide
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise worldwide. The International Diabetes Federation reports that more than 400 million people were living with diabetes as of 2015. The World Health Organization (WHO)
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estimates that 90 percent of people around the world who have diabetes have type 2. In 2012, diabetes caused an estimated 1.5 million
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deaths.