Table 1 The estimated prevalence diabetes mellitus in South East Asia 2010 [3, 4]
From: Patients’ perspectives of care for type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh –a qualitative study
Country/territory | Population (20–79) (000 s) | Total number of diabetes cases (000 s) | Prevalence of diabetes (%) in the 20–79 age-group 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Rural | Urban | Male | Female | |||
Bangladesh | 93 862 | 5 680 | 6.1% | 4.4 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
Bhutan | 413 | 12 | 2.9% | 2.4 | 8.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
India | 713 498 | 50 767 | 7.1% | 5.6 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
Maldives | 186 | 12 | 6.5% | 3.1 | 14.5 | 3.1 | 5.0 |
Mauritius | 877 | 14 | 17.0% | 11.2 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 14.5 |
Nepal | 15 556 | 511 | 3.3% | 2.5 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Sri Lanka | 13 339 | 1529 | 11.5% | 8.3 | 23.5 | 10.6 | 11.0 |
SEA Total | 837 732 | 58 658 | 7.0% | 5.4 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 |