Diabetes is a silent epidemic and according to World Health Organization (WHO) there are 347 million people in the world living with diabetes. This is almost 6% of the world's adult population.
Diabetes in Asians is 5 times the rate of the white population.
India is the diabetes capital of the world. It is estimated that currently there are 40 million people with diabetes in India and by 2025, this number will swell to 70 million.
Diabetes also can cause 6 deaths every minute and 1 in 20 deaths in the world is due to the condition. Every year, it is estimated that 3.2 million people in the world die due to the diabetes or its related causes.
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