By: Juliette Siegfried
India has the largest number of people with diabetes in the
world. According to the International Diabetes Federation, the number of
diabetics rose from its already high 1995 rate of 19 million to over 62 million
in 2011. An estimated 11% to 20% of India's urban population has diabetes, and
3% to 5% of the adult rural population has the disease. Estimates from the
World Health Organization say that the disease currently costs India about $250
billion per year, and that in the next ten years this figure will skyrocket to
$335 billion.
