Rank Territory Value190 Congo 0.9192 Cote d'Ivoire 0.8192 Senegal 0.8192 Uganda 0.8192 Cameroon 0.8196 Nigeria 0.4196 Ghana 0.4198 Mali 0.3198 Gambia 0.3198 Togo 0.3

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Diabetes Prevalence

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“Diabetes is responsible for over one million amputations each year. It is a major cause of blindness. It is the largestcause of kidney failure in developed countries and is responsible for huge dialysis costs.”

There are three types of diabetes, twoare related to insulin which regulatesour blood sugar levels. Having type 1diabetes means that you are unableto produce enough insulin, so youneed to inject insulin to survive. Themore common type 2 diabetes is wheninsulin cannot be used properly bythe body - this type can often bemanaged through diet and exercise.The third type is related to pregnacy.

The highest diabetes prevalence is inNorth America. Of the total NorthAmerican cases, 4% are in Canada,33% are in Mexico, and 62% are inthe United States. The largestpopulation of diabetics in 2001 wasin India: 56 million people.

• Data are from the World Bank’s 2005 WorldDevelopment Indicators.

• See website for further information.

Territory size shows the proportion of all people in theworld living with diabetes who live there.

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Unite For Diabetes, 2006

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