Celebrating 100 Years of Insulin

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