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Global excess mortality attributable to diabetes in adults 20-79 years old in the year 2007 is estimated at 3.8 million deaths (1.8 million men and 2 million women). Since most deaths attributable to diabetes occur in persons 20-79 years old, these 3.8 million deaths account for more than 6% of total world mortality. The total number of deaths attributable to diabetes in adults 20-79 years old, as well as the percentage of deaths attributable to diabetes in this particular age group are shown in Table 4.2.
Figure 1 | Number of deaths attributable to diabetes (20-79 age group) by region, 2007
Figure 2 | Deaths attributable to diabetes as percentage of all deaths (20-79 age group) by region, 2007
Figure 3 | Deaths attributable to diabetes as percentage of all deaths in the top 10 countries for diabetes prevalence (20-79 age group), 2007
The percentage of excess deaths was lowest in the poorest African countries, and in Mongolia, Chile, Paraguay, Iceland, and highest in North America, the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, Mauritius and in the small Western Pacific island countries. However, even in poor African countries diabetes accounts for about 5% of all mortality in the productive age group of 30-60 year olds. Over two-thirds of deaths attributable to diabetes occur in developing countries.
In countries with a high prevalence of diabetes in younger age groups (in South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, North America and Western Pacific islands), the percentage of excess deaths peaked at 50-59 years of age. In the rest of the world, where the prevalence is higher in older age groups the percentage of excess deaths due to diabetes was highest in persons 60-69 years old. In almost all countries the proportion of deaths due to diabetes was higher in females than in males.
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