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Celebrating 100 Years of Insulin [1]

IHME celebrates the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, a health innovation that has saved millions lives worldwide. 

In this video, Research Scientist Dr. Liane Ong on IHME's Global Burden of Disease: Diabetes Estimation team briefly explains findings from GBD 2019.

Transcript: 

In GBD 2019 [2], IHME estimated that there approximately 460 million people in the world with diabetes. The rate of diabetes has increased in every region of the world and nearly 50-percent globally since 1990. This increase is driven by type 2 diabetes. This is not surprising, as we also see rising rates of obesity throughout the world, which is a major risk factor of diabetes. We expect to see this increase continue in GBD 2020, and no clear evidence that it will change any time soon. 

Resources:

  • GBD 2019 | Summary of type 2 diabetes [3] 
  • The Lancet | Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 coutnries and territories, 1990-2019 [4]: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  • BMC: Population Health Metrics | The burden of diabetes and hyperglycemia in Brazil [5]: a Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
  • IHME | GBD Compare Visualization Tool [6] (explore global health trends for diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and more)
  • IHME | U.S. Interactive Health Map [7] (explore health trends at the county level for diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and more)
  • JAMA | Global Trends in Type 2 Diabetes, 2007 – 2017 [8]
Topics: 
Diabetes

Links
[1] http://www.healthdata.org/video/celebrating-100-years-insulin
[2] http://www.healthdata.org/gbd/2019
[3] http://www.healthdata.org/results/gbd_summaries/2019/diabetes-mellitus-type-2-level-4-cause
[4] http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/global-burden-87-risk-factors-204-countries-and-territories-1990%E2%80%932019-systematic
[5] http://www.healthdata.org/research-article/burden-diabetes-and-hyperglycemia-brazil-global-burden-disease-study-2017
[6] http://www.healthdata.org/data-visualization/gbd-compare
[7] http://www.healthdata.org/data-visualization/us-health-map
[8] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2753348