ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0021.13-2 | Diabetes and Diabetes Technology | ESPEYB21

13.2. Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021

Diabetes Collaborators. GBD 2021

Brief Summary: This systematic analysis examined the prevalence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) burden from 1990 to the present, in relation to location, age, and gender, and made projections to the year 2050. It reports that the prevalence of T2D will continue to rise, with rising obesity being the primary factor.According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), there were 537 million people with diabetes worldwide in 2021, an...