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Data last updated08 November 2021

Republic of Korea

Diabetes report 2000 — 2045
At a glance 20002011202120302045
Diabetes estimates (20-79 y)
People with diabetes, in 1,000s1,986.03,186.43,511.83,934.23,860.9
Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of diabetes, %-7.56.87.27.8
People with undiagnosed diabetes, in 1,000s--1,264.2--
Proportion of people with undiagnosed diabetes, %--36.0--
Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) estimates (20-79 y)
People with IGT, in 1,000s-4,869.36,082.46,504.66,031.3
Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of IGT, %-12.211.512.412.8
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) estimates (20-79 y)
People with IFG, in 1,000s--2,343.52,326.12,046.5
Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of IFG, %--4.54.64.6
Mortality attributable to diabetes (20-79 y)
Deaths attributable to diabetes-28,912.047,522.0--
Proportion of diabetes-related deaths in people under 60 y, %--3.1--
Type 1 diabetes estimates in children and adolescents
New cases of type 1 diabetes (0-14 y), in 1,000s0.10.00.3--
New cases of type 1 diabetes (0-19 y), in 1,000s--0.4--
Type 1 diabetes (0-14 y), in 1,000s0.4-1.6--
Type 1 diabetes (0-19 y), in 1,000s--3.6--
Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy (HIP) (20-49 y)
Live births affected by HIP-----
Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), %-----
Live births affected by other types of diabetes first detected in pregnancy-----
Live births affected by other types of diabetes detected prior to pregnancy-----
Diabetes-related health expenditure
Total diabetes-related health expenditure, USD million--8,971.29,182.87,807.8
Total diabetes-related health expenditure, ID million--11,338.011,605.49,867.6
Diabetes-related health expenditure per person, USD-1,615.02,554.62,614.82,223.3
Diabetes-related health expenditure per person, ID--3,228.53,304.62,809.8
Demographics
Total adult population (20-79 y), in 1,000s32,565.036,204.140,647.940,601.235,708.1
Population of children (0-14 y), in 1,000s11,363.0-6,294.2--
Population of children and adolescents (0-19 y), in 1,000s--8,687.3--
Complications of diabetes
Microvascular
  • Nephropathy: 3.8%
  • Retinopathy: 1.7%
  • Neuropathy: 5.1%
Macrovascular
  • Coronary artery disease: 6.8%
  • Cerebrovascular disease: 4.2%
  • Peripheral artery disease: 0.4%
  • Heart failure: 1.3%

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