According to the International Diabetes Federation, an estimated 194 million people worldwide have diabetes. In 1985, there were an estimated 30 million people with diabetes worldwide. The number of people with diabetes is expected to increase to at least 330 million within the next 25 years. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2025, there will be more people with diabetes in the world than the entire population of the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 18 million people in the United States have diabetes. About 13 million people have been diagnosed with the disease; another 5 million people remain undiagnosed.
Diabetes is now the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for over 200,000 deaths each year. The number of adults diagnosed with diabetes, including women with gestational diabetes (diabetes that develops during pregnancy) has increased 61% since 1991 and is projected to more than double by 2050. Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about two times that of people without diabetes.
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