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. 2020 Jan 28;34(7):1255–1261. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0776-5

Table 1.

Estimated DM and VTDR population by regions.

Region Adults with diabetes mellitus, in millions VTDR prevalence estimate (%) Adults with VTDR, in millions
Mean Lower limita Upper limita Mean Lower limita Upper limita
AFR 15.34 9.59 28.44 14.36 2.20 1.38 4.08
EUR 65.47 51.74 94.23 6.32 4.14 3.27 5.96
MENA 39.70 27.76 52.99 11.21 4.45 3.11 5.94
NAC 49.93 41.68 55.91 10.00 4.99 4.17 5.59
SACA 27.57 22.74 34.26 5.83 1.61 1.33 2.00
SEA 83.62 63.57 107.44 2.97 2.48 1.89 3.19
WP 168.26 149.52 210.66 6.22 10.47 9.30 13.10
Global 449.89 366.59 583.93 7.26 32.66 26.61 42.39

AFR Africa, EUR Europe, MENA Middle East and North Africa, NAC North America and Caribbean, SACA South and Central America, SEA South East Asia, WP Western Pacific.

aBased on 95% confidence interval of estimated DM population per region provided by IDF Atlas 2017.