Two looks at diabetes prevalence in india and the united states.
Diagnosed in india:
AEpidemiology of type 2 diabetes: Indian scenario
http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/march/0302.pdf.Qa
population based study was conducted in six metropolitan cities across
India and recruited 11,216 subjects aged 20 yr and above representative
of
all socio-economic strata13. An oral glucose tolerance test was done
using
capillary glucose and diabetes was defined using the WHO criteria14. The
study reported that the age standardized prevalence of type 2 diabetes
was
12.1 per cent. This study also revealed that the prevalence in the
southern
part of India to be higher-13.5 per cent in Chennai, 12.4 per cent, in
Bangalore, and 16.6 per cent Hyderabad; compared to eastern India
(Kolkatta), 11.7 per cent; northern India (New Delhi), 11.6 per cent;
and
western India (Mumbai), 9.3 per cent. The study also suggested that
there
was a large pool of subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 14
per
cent with a high risk of conversion to diabetes.
Diabetes Statistics - American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-bas...es-statistics/
Data from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (released Jan. 26, 2011)
Total prevalence of diabetes
Total: 25.8 million children and adults in the United States--8.3% of
the population--have diabetes.
Diagnosed: 18.8 million people
diagnosed: 6.04%.