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More than 800 million people have diabetes globally. How does Europe compare?

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The number of people living with diabetes globally has reached over 800 million , a drastic increase in the past 30 years , according to a new analysis.

The study was conducted by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration and the World Health Organization (WHO) It examined trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment worldwide from 1990 to 2022 and used data from more than 140 million adults across 200 countries and territories.

Diabetes is a chronic illness that caused over two million deaths in 2021 .