Monday, October 29, 2007

EPIDEMIOLOGY

About 90% of patients with diabetes mellitus have Type 2 diabetes. An estimated 150 million people worldwide have Type 2 diabetes, and this number is expected to double within the next 20 years. Most of the increase will stem from developing and threshold countries such as India and China. In the USA, where the prevalence of diabetes is high, it is estimated that one in three people will develop Type 2 diabetes.

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