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Diabetes in India

Prevalence of diabetes in Indian states in 2016[1]

India has an estimated 100 million [2] people (1 in 10 Indians) formally diagnosed with diabetes, which makes it the second most affected in the world, after China.[3] Furthermore, 700,000 Indians died of diabetes, hyperglycemia, kidney disease or other complications of diabetes in 2020. One in six people (17%) in the world with diabetes is from India.[3] (India’s population as calculated in October 2018 was about 17.5% of the global total.[4]) The number is projected to grow by 2045 to become 134 million per the International Diabetes Federation.[3]

In India, type 1 diabetes is rarer than in western countries, and about 90 to 95% of Indians who were diagnosed had type 2 diabetes. Only about one-third of type 2 diabetics in India have a body mass index above 25.[5] A 2004 study suggests that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Indians may be due to environmental and lifestyle changes resulting from industrialization and migration to urban environment from rural.[6] This lifestyle change has led to the increased consumption of energy intake from animal foods in Asian populations.[7] This change has been seen in India where urban residents consumed 32% of energy from animal fats compared to 17% of rural residents.[8] These changes also occur earlier in life, which means chronic long-term complications are more common.

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  2. ^ "Lancet study: More than 100 million people in India diabetic". BBC. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Kannan, Ramya (2019-11-14). "India is home to 77 million diabetics, second highest in the world". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  4. ^ Geoffrey Migiro (October 25, 2018). "Countries By Percentage Of World Population". WorldAtlas. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Over 30 million have now been diagnosed with diabetes in India. The CPR (Crude prevalence rate) in the urban areas of India is thought to be 9 per cent". Diabetes. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  6. ^ Mohan, V. (June 2004). "Why are Indians more prone to Diabetes?". The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 52: 468–474. ISSN 0004-5772. PMID 15645957.
  7. ^ "Diabetes in Asia". American Medical Association. 301 (20). May 27, 2009 – via JAMA Network.
  8. ^ Prakash, Shetty (2002). "Nutrition transition in India". Cambridge University Press. 5 (1A): 175–182 – via Public Health Nutrition.
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