Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Arabic-Speaking Countries
Table 2
Ranking of the prevalence of type II diabetes in Arabic- and non-Arabic-speaking countries. The data are separated for males and females aged between 20–79 years, using IDF estimates for 2011. Population numbers are taken from the CIA World Factbook 2008. Arabic speaking countries are shown in bold.
Country
Population (×1,000)
Comparative* diabetes prevalence (%)
Male (×1000)
Female (×1000)
K uwait
1,868
21.2
175.3
122.6
Lebanon
2,788
20.1
230.9
296.9
Qatar
1,541
20.1
166.2
50.6
Saudi Arabia
17,023
20.0
1,450.7
1,308.8
Bahrain
986
19.8
91.4
59.3
UAE
6,107
19.2
296.2
128.9
Egypt
48,305
16.9
3,123.7
4,199.5
Mexico
69,323
15.8
5,457.1
4,836.6
Libya
3,875
14.1
211.2
225.1
Jordan
3,268
12.3
148.8
142.7
Oman
1,810
10.7
88.1
50.3
Syria
10,824
10.1
437.1
452.3
Russia
109,166
10.0
5,227.4
7,365.6
Cypress
809
9.1
56.5
25.3
Yemen
10,902
9.8
366.1
361.1
Tunisia
7,084
9.6
278.3
351.2
USA
216,804
9.5
11,986.2
11,735.5
Iraq
15,068
9.3
459.1
629.9
1,896
9.3
51.8
72.6
China
968,974
9.0
50,293.2
39,751.8
Sudan
22,000
8.7
947.9
718.7
Canada
25,140
8.6
1,479.7
1,236.4
India
737,003
8.3
32,498.1
28,760.3
Turkey
47,322
8.1
1,469.7
2,033.1
Italy
45,637
7.8
1,734.8
1,825.5
Israel
4,707
7.6
206.2
194.1
Algeria
22,619
7.0
704.4
730.7
Morocco
19,964
6.9
608.7
659.1
Djibouti
480.9
6.4
13.1
13.1
Germany
62,810
5.5
2,674.2
2,347.9
France
44,328
5.5
1,733.8
1,503.7
UK
44,813
5.3
1,790.1
1,273.8
Mauritania
1,756
4.3
29.1
31.4
Somalia
4,275
4.2
87.6
97.4
ll comparisons should be done using the comparative prevalence, which is adjusted to the world population.
