The number of people aged 65 and older with type 1 diabetes increased from 1.3 million in 1990 to 3.7 million in 2019, while death rates fell 25% from 4.7 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 3.5 in 2019, finds an analysis of data from over 200 countries and regions published in The BMJ.
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Increases in metabolic risk factors like high blood pressure and BMI have led to a 49.4% increase in global disability-adjusted life years from 2000 to 2021.