Population aging, macroeconomic changes, and global diabetes prevalence, 1990–2008

Conclusions: Population aging explains a minority of the recent growth in global diabetes prevalence. The increase in global diabetes between 1990 and 2008 was primarily due to an increase in the prevalence of diabetes at ages 45–65. We do not find evidence that basic indicators of economic growth, development, globalization, or urbanization were related to rising levels of diabetes between 1990 and 2008.
Source: Population Health Metrics - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Source Type: research