New estimates published this week in The Lancet indicate that more than 1·31 billion people could live with diabetes by 2050 worldwide. That’s 1·31 billion people living with a disease that causes life-altering morbidity and high mortality rates and interacts with and exacerbates many other disorders.
Diabetes
- Drug prices continue to fuel media stories and drive politicians to action but, for the most part, the real driver of high healthcare costs is being ignored.
- The total percentage of non-elderly people with insurance and affordability problems to 26.2%.
- The number of US adults with diabetes increased from 21.2 million in 2003-2004 to 30.2 million in 2013-2014, while the prevalence of obesity rose from 31.7% to 37.5% over the same period.
- Millennials are on track to be the most obese generation.