Diabetes

Facts and Figures

• 347 million people worldwide have diabetes
• Deaths from diabetes projected to rise to more than 50% in next 10 years
• In 2012 diabetes was the direct cause of 12 million deaths
• Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure
• Type 1 diabetes is characterised by a lack of insulin production, and type 2 results from the body’s ineffective use of insulin