http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/05/07/commentary/diabete...

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion...s-emerges-japans-hidden-scourge/#.Vy7IetSSxpg

4 million people in the U.K. have diabetes. An unhealthy diet and increasingly sedentary lifestyle have taken their toll, causing a 65 percent surge in cases in the past decade alone.

As of 2015, Japan has 7.2 million people diagnosed with diabetes.

About 7.6 percent of adults between the ages of 20 and 79 are diabetic and it is estimated that Japan may have more than 3 million undiagnosed cases.

Currently there are about 138 million diabetics in Asia, and this is projected to rise to 215 million by 2040, with the number of related deaths surging by 46 percent. The disorder affects 8.6 percent of all adults in regional areas.

China leads the Asian diabetes spike with nearly 100 million cases (9.6 percent of adults) and almost 1.3 million diabetes-related deaths in 2015, compared to just under 65,000 in Japan.

India has about 65 million cases, with a prevalence of 8.56 percent among adults, and more than 1 million die annually from diabetes-related causes.