536.6 million is the number of people in the world, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), were found to have diabetes in 2021.
The same data revealed that deaths attributable to diabetes in the same year among subjects aged 20 to 79 were 6.7 million, 32.6% of the total subjects under 60. Diabetes is also responsible for about 60% of non-traumatic leg amputations, which is necessary in 85% of cases of infectious ulcerative events of the foot (so-called diabetic foot).
These statistics will become progressively worse: according to experts, the number of adults with diabetes will increase to a share of over 642 million in 2030 and 783 million in 2045.
These alarming data underline the importance of receiving adequate care for patients suffering from this condition, but above all, the need to take preventive measures to prevent the disease from developing.
There is a condition that represents a potential alarm of the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus in which timely intervention in terms of prevention becomes fundamental: prediabetes.