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The greatest relative increase in prevalence was seen younger adults (35 to 44 years), attributable in part to increasing rates of overweight and obesity. The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that if current trends in diabetes continue, the number of Canadians living with diabetes will reach 3.7 million by 2019. [11]
According to the International Diabetes Federation, more than 58 million people are diagnosed with diabetes in the European Union Region (EUR), and this will go up to 66.7 million by 2045. Similar to other affluent countries like America and Canada, diabetes is more prevalent in the poorer parts of Europe like Central and Eastern Europe. [20]
The number of people diagnosed as living with diabetes has increased sharply in recent decades, from 200 million in 1990 to 830 million by 2022. [15] [16] It affects one in seven of the adult population, with type 2 diabetes accounting for more than 95% of cases.
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This culminated in the formation of the Canadian Diabetes Association in 1953. [2] On February 13, 2017, the Canadian Diabetes Association became Diabetes Canada. Today, Diabetes Canada is active in more than 150 Canadian communities and supports people living with diabetes through research, advocacy, education and services. [2]
Prevalence of total diabetes by age and Global Burden of Disease super-region in 2021. The International Diabetes Federation estimates nearly 537 million people lived with diabetes worldwide in 2021, [152] 90–95% of whom have type 2 diabetes. [153] Diabetes is common both in the developed and the developing world. [10]
The 2021 Canadian census had a total population count of 36,991,981 individuals, making up approximately 0.5% of the world's total population. [ 5 ] [ 20 ] A population estimate for 2024 put the total number of people in Canada at 41,012,563.
In Canada the total cost of settlements, legal fees, and insurance comes to $4 per person each year, [113] but in the United States it is over $16. Average payouts to American plaintiffs were $265,103, while payouts to Canadian plaintiffs were somewhat higher, averaging $309,417. [114]