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World J Diabetes. Jun 25, 2015; 6(6): 850-867
Published online Jun 25, 2015. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i6.850
Published online Jun 25, 2015. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i6.850
Table 1 Number of subjects with type 1 diabetes in children (0-14 years), with diabetes in adults (20-79 years) and with hyperglycemia (type 2 or gestational diabetes) in pregnancy (20-49 years)
| Region | Type 1 diabetes in children (0-14 yr) | Diabetes in adults(20-79 yr) | Hyperglycemia in pregnancy (20-49 yr) | |||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 2035 | 2013 | |||||
| Numberinthousands | Newly diagnosedin thousands | Number in millions | Comparative prevalence | Number in millions | Comparative prevalence | Cases in live births in millions | Comparative prevalence | |
| Africa | 39.1 | 6.4 | 19.8 | 5.7% | 41.5 | 6.0% | 4.6 | 14.4% |
| Europe | 129.4 | 20.0 | 56.3 | 6.8% | 68.9 | 7.1% | 1.7 | 12.6% |
| Middle East and North Africa | 64.0 | 10.7 | 34.6 | 10.9% | 67.9 | 11.3% | 3.4 | 17.5% |
| North America and Caribbean | 108.6 | 16.7 | 36.8 | 9.6% | 50.4 | 9.9% | 0.9 | 10.4% |
| South and Central America | 45.6 | 7.3 | 24.1 | 8.2% | 38.5 | 8.2% | 0.9 | 11.4% |
| South East Asia | 77.9 | 12.5 | 72.1 | 8.7% | 123.0 | 9.4% | 6.3 | 25.0% |
| Western Pacific | 32.5 | 5.3 | 138.2 | 8.1% | 201.8 | 8.4% | 3.7 | 11.9% |
| World | 497.1 | 78.9 | 381.8 | 8.3% | 592.0 | 8.8% | 21.4 | 14.8% |
- Citation: Kharroubi AT, Darwish HM. Diabetes mellitus: The epidemic of the century. World J Diabetes 2015; 6(6): 850-867
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/full/v6/i6/850.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v6.i6.850