Lifecycle

Interview

Q: Do you know anybody who has diabetes?

A: Yes, several of my patients have it.

Q: What are the signs of diabetes?

A: A diabetic person has high blood pressure.

Q: What is the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes? Which do you think is more serious?

A: Type 1 diabetes is genetic, unlike type 2. They are both serious problems.

Q: Why do you think that diabetes is so prevalent?

A: The symptoms of diabetes are not as obvious as some other diseases. By the time people start to notice the symptoms, they already have diabetes.

Q: What is the best way to prevent onset diabetes?

A: Maintain a healthy diet and exercise regularly.

Q: What is the best way to monitor diabetes? Do you think that by pricking with the finger once a day is effective?

A: Currently, checking the sugar level by pricking the finger is probably the best way. It is important to focus on the overall trend rather than specific events.

Q: What is the age group of people affected by diabetes over the years?

A: Diabetes affects all age groups.

Q: How does diabetes progress, and what are the consequences?

A: A person's sugar level increases over time. What makes diabetes a very serious disease is its side effects. In addition, it is often associated with high blood pressure.

Q: How do you cure diabetes?

A: There is no cure for it. If somebody realizes that they are at risk of diabetes early enough, it is possible to prevent it.

Q: How does the cost of treating diabetes contribute to the national deficit?

A: Tools for monitoring diabetes are very expensive. For example, a patient regularly needs to purchase test strips for the blood sugar checker.

Prevalence and Distribution

Worldwide Diabetes Prevalence

Rank	Country	National %	Comparative %
1	Nauru	30.90%	30.90%
2	United Arab Emirates	12.20%	18.70%
3	Saudi Arabia	13.60%	16.80%
4	Mauritius	17.00%	16.20%
5	Bahrain	14.40%	15.40%
6	Qatar	13.30%	15.40%
7	Reunion(c)	16.10%	15.30%
8	Kuwait	10.80%	14.60%
9	Seychelles(a,c)	14.40%	14.40%
10	Tuvalu(a)	13.90%	13.90%
11	French Polynesia	13.50%	13.80%
12	Oman	11.10%	13.40%
13	Tonga	11.60%	13.40%
14	Brunei Darussalam	10.70%	12.60%
15	French Guiana	11.80%	12.00%
16	Trinidad and Tobago	11.40%	11.70%
17	Malaysia	10.90%	11.60%
18	Dominica(a)	11.50%	11.50%
19	Netherlands Antilles	14.00%	11.50%
20	Egypt	10.40%	11.40%
21	Dominican Republic	10.40%	11.20%
22	Sri Lanka	11.50%	10.90%
23	Syrian Arab Republic	8.30%	10.80%
24	Mexico	10.10%	10.80%
25	Jamaica	10.20%	10.60%
26	Puerto Rico	12.40%	10.60%
27	Suriname	10.30%	10.50%
28	Bahamas	10.20%	10.40%
29	United States	12.30%	10.30%
30	Iraq	7.80%	10.20%
31	Aruba(a)	12.80%	10.20%
32	Bermuda(a)	10.20%	10.20%
33	British Virgin Islands(a)	10.20%	10.20%
34	Cayman Islands(a)	10.20%	10.20%
35	N America Carib. Total	11.70%	10.20%
36	Singapore	12.70%	10.20%
37	Jordan	7.50%	10.10%
38	Nicaragua	8.00%	10.00%
39	US Virgin Islands	12.70%	9.90%
40	Belize	7.90%	9.80%
41	Portugal	12.40%	9.70%
42	Panama	9.20%	9.60%
43	Grenada	8.50%	9.50%
44	Guyana	10.20%	9.50%
45	Cuba	11.00%	9.50%
46	Fiji	9.10%	9.40%
47	Tunisia	8.50%	9.30%
48	Middle East N Africa Total	7.70%	9.30%
49	Saint Lucia	8.60%	9.30%
50	Costa Rica	8.80%	9.30%
51	Canada	11.60%	9.20%
52	Cyprus	10.40%	9.10%
53	Pakistan	7.60%	9.10%
54	Honduras	7.10%	9.10%
55	Marshall Islands(a)	9.10%	9.10%
56	Palau(a)	9.10%	9.10%
57	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	7.50%	9.00%
58	St Kitts & Nevis(a)	9.00%	9.00%
59	El Salvador	7.80%	9.00%
60	Austria	11.20%	8.90%
61	Germany	12.00%	8.90%
62	Liechtenstein	11.00%	8.90%
63	Switzerland	11.30%	8.90%
64	Guadeloupe	10.70%	8.90%
65	Martinique	11.00%	8.80%
66	Afghanistan	6.60%	8.60%
67	Occ. Palestinian Terr.(d)	6.40%	8.60%
68	Guatemala	6.90%	8.60%
69	Tokelau(a)	8.60%	8.60%
70	Algeria	7.40%	8.50%
71	China, Hong Kong	10.20%	8.50%
72	China, Macau	9.20%	8.50%
73	St Vincent+Grenadines(a)	7.30%	8.40%
74	Morocco	7.60%	8.30%
75	Turkey	7.40%	8.00%
76	Iran, Islamic Republic of	6.10%	8.00%
77	Barbados	9.20%	8.00%
78	Korea, Republic of	9.00%	7.90%
79	Armenia	8.70%	7.80%
80	Lebanon	7.70%	7.80%
81	India	7.10%	7.80%
82	Slovenia	9.90%	7.70%
83	Philippines	6.70%	7.70%
84	Samoa	6.70%	7.70%
85	Belarus	9.10%	7.60%
86	Estonia	9.90%	7.60%
87	Latvia	9.90%	7.60%
88	Lithuania	9.70%	7.60%
89	Moldova	8.70%	7.60%
90	Poland	9.30%	7.60%
91	Russian Federation	9.00%	7.60%
92	Ukraine	9.60%	7.60%
93	SE Asian Total	7.00%	7.60%
94	Azerbaijan	7.10%	7.50%
95	Georgia	9.20%	7.50%
96	Taiwan(a)	5.70%	7.50%
97	Maldives	6.50%	7.40%
98	Haiti	5.90%	7.20%
99	New Caledonia(b)	5.50%	7.20%
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.10%	7.10%
101	Antigua and Barbuda(a)	7.10%	7.10%
102	Thailand	7.70%	7.10%
103	Croatia	9.20%	6.90%
104	F.Y.R.O.M.	8.00%	6.90%
105	Montenegro	8.40%	6.90%
106	Romania	8.40%	6.90%
107	Serbia	8.60%	6.90%
108	Europe Total	8.60%	6.90%
109	Malta	9.80%	6.80%
110	France	9.40%	6.70%
111	Monaco(a)	9.10%	6.70%
112	Guam	7.10%	6.70%
113	Andorra	8.80%	6.60%
114	Spain	8.70%	6.60%
115	South+Central America	6.30%	6.60%
116	Bangladesh	6.10%	6.60%
117	Kiribati(a)	6.60%	6.60%
118	Bulgaria	9.00%	6.50%
119	Israel	7.10%	6.50%
120	Venezuela	5.90%	6.50%
121	Czech Republic	8.70%	6.40%
122	Hungary	8.80%	6.40%
123	Slovakia	7.70%	6.40%
124	Brazil	6.00%	6.40%
125	Peru	5.60%	6.20%
126	Micronesia, Fed.States(a)	5.30%	6.20%
127	Greece	8.80%	6.00%
128	Bolivia	5.20%	6.00%
129	Italy	8.80%	5.90%
130	San Marino	8.00%	5.90%
131	Anguilla(a)	5.90%	5.90%
132	Ecuador	5.50%	5.90%
133	Kazakhstan	5.60%	5.80%
134	Finland	8.30%	5.70%
135	Western Sahara	4.10%	5.70%
136	Argentina	6.00%	5.70%
137	Chile	6.10%	5.70%
138	Uruguay	6.60%	5.70%
139	Australia	7.20%	5.70%
140	Cook Islands(a)	5.70%	5.70%
141	Denmark	7.70%	5.60%
142	Laos	4.50%	5.60%
143	Botswana	4.10%	5.40%
144	Belgium	8.00%	5.30%
145	Luxembourg	7.00%	5.30%
146	Netherlands	7.70%	5.30%
147	Turkmenistan	4.10%	5.30%
148	Cape Verde	4.30%	5.30%
149	Djibouti	4.10%	5.30%
150	Korea, North	5.70%	5.30%
151	Ireland	5.70%	5.20%
152	Kyrgyzstan	4.30%	5.20%
153	Sweden	7.30%	5.20%
154	Uzbekistan	4.00%	5.20%
155	Colombia	4.80%	5.20%
156	Cambodia	4.30%	5.20%
157	New Zealand	6.50%	5.20%
158	Congo, Republic of	4.30%	5.10%
159	Tajikistan	3.60%	5.00%
160	Gabon	4.40%	5.00%
161	Japan	7.30%	5.00%
162	Paraguay	4.20%	4.90%
163	Equatorial Guinea	4.30%	4.80%
164	Mauritania	3.70%	4.80%
165	Indonesia	4.60%	4.80%
166	Cote d'Ivoire	4.00%	4.70%
167	Liberia	3.80%	4.70%
168	Nigeria	3.90%	4.70%
169	Sao Tome & Principe(a)	3.90%	4.70%
170	Senegal	4.00%	4.70%
171	Western Pasific Total	5.00%	4.70%
172	Benin	3.90%	4.60%
173	Niue(a)	4.60%	4.60%
174	Albania	4.80%	4.50%
175	Central African Republic	3.80%	4.50%
176	South Africa	4.50%	4.50%
177	Namibia	3.90%	4.40%
178	Sierra Leone	3.90%	4.40%
179	Gambia	3.80%	4.30%
180	Ghana	3.60%	4.30%
181	Guinea	3.70%	4.30%
182	Togo	3.60%	4.30%
183	Mali	3.30%	4.20%
184	Swaziland	3.70%	4.20%
185	Sudan	3.30%	4.20%
186	China	4.50%	4.20%
187	Zimbabwe	3.40%	4.10%
188	Mozambique	3.30%	4.00%
189	Zambia	3.10%	4.00%
190	Cameroon	4.40%	3.90%
191	Guinea-Bissau	3.30%	3.90%
192	Lesotho	3.80%	3.90%
193	Niger	3.40%	3.90%
194	Nepal	3.30%	3.90%
195	Burkina Faso	3.00%	3.80%
196	African Total	3.20%	3.80%
197	Chad	2.80%	3.70%
198	Norway	4.70%	3.60%
199	United Kingdom	4.90%	3.60%
200	Bhutan	2.90%	3.60%
201	Angola	2.80%	3.50%
202	Kenya	2.80%	3.50%
203	Timor-Leste	2.90%	3.50%
204	Viet Nam	2.90%	3.50%
205	Comoros	2.80%	3.40%
206	Solomon Islands	2.30%	3.30%
207	Congo, Dem. Republic	2.60%	3.20%
208	Madagascar	2.70%	3.20%
209	Tanzania	2.60%	3.20%
210	Myanmar	2.80%	3.20%
211	Vanuatu	2.40%	3.20%
212	Channel Islands	4.10%	3.00%
213	Somalia	2.50%	3.00%
214	Yemen	2.50%	3.00%
215	Papua New Guinea	2.10%	3.00%
216	Eritrea	1.80%	2.50%
217	Ethiopia	2.00%	2.50%
218	Malawi	1.80%	2.30%
219	Uganda	1.70%	2.20%
220	Burundi	1.40%	1.80%
221	Iceland	2.10%	1.60%
222	Rwanda	1.10%	1.60%
223	Mongolia	1.30%	1.60%