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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2023 Mar 14;401(10384):1302–1312. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00001-6

Table 3.

Median levels of percent of the population attaining target levels for core metrics for all regions of the world, and according to world region.

Total diabetes prevalence Diagnosed / total diabetes population Glycaemic control (HbA1c <8%) / diagnosed diabetes (%) Blood pressure control (<140/90mmHg) / diagnosed diabetes Statin / diagnosed diabetes population
All regions Mean 9.5 61.1 67.1 51.9 25.9
All regions Median 8.3 63.7 68.1 52.8 12.3
All regions IQR 5.7 14.1 13.4 21.9 27.0
East Asia & Pacific 12.2 53.4 58 52.2 12.3
Europe & Central Asia 8.3 63.7 80.1 43.7 23.6
Latin America & Caribbean 9.8 69.9 68.2 65.4 10.0
Middle East & North Africa 11.5 63.7 67.6 50.8 25.1
North America 11.7 74.1 69.9 76.4 60
South Asia 8.6 51.6 67.3 52.8 13.4
Sub-Saharan Africa 6.6 56.7 61.6 44.8 11

Estimates assembled from four primary types of sources: IDF Diabetes Atlas, Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Cardiometabolic diseases (HPAAC) collaborators, literature reviews, and web-sites containing estimates from national diabetes surveillance systems. References listed in Appendix.