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Diabetes in the Western Pacific Region—Past, Present and Future
Diabetes Research and Clinical PracticeVol. 103Issue 2p244–255Published online: January 13, 2014- Juliana C.N. Chan
- Nam H. Cho
- Naoko Tajima
- Jonathan Shaw
Cited in Scopus: 65In the 2013 issue of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas, the prevalence of diabetes in the Western Pacific (WP) Region was reported to be 8.6% in 2013, or 138 million adults, and estimated to rise to 11.1%, or 201 million adults, in 2035. The prevalence estimates of impaired glucose tolerance in 2013 and 2035 were 6.8% and 9.0%, respectively. Over 50% of people with diabetes were undiagnosed. In 2013, 187 million deaths were attributable to diabetes, 44% of which occurred in the under the age of 60.