Why in News?

• The Ninth Edition of the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas was released on the occasion of International Diabetes Day.

About IDF Diabetes Atlas:

• The IDF Diabetes Atlas is the authoritative resource on the global burden of diabetes.
• First published in 2000, it is produced by IDF biennially in collaboration with experts from around the world and contains data on diabetes cases, prevalence, mortality and expenditure on the global, regional and national level.
• A full IDF Diabetes Atlas report is produced every two years.

Highlights of the Report:

• India continues to be home to the second-largest number of adults with diabetes worldwide, with 77 million adults with diabetes in the 20-79 years age group. This follows China, which has 116 million adults with diabetes in the same age profile.
• The worldwide prevalence of diabetes was estimated at 463 million in this age group, or in other words, one in 11 adults.
• India was the largest contributor to diabetes mortality with more than 1 million estimated deaths attributable to diabetes and related complications, in the larger South East Asian region.
• The number of people with diabetes is predicted to rise to 578 million by 2030 and to 700 million by 2045.
• 374 million adults have impaired glucose tolerance, placing them at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Diabetes was responsible for an estimated $760 billion in health expenditure in 2019.
• Diabetes is among the top 10 causes of death, with people under the age of 60 accounting for almost half the deaths.
• One in six live births is affected by hyperglycaemia in pregnancy.