AUG 1, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Middle East and North Africa Region From 1990 to 2021
Health Science Reports
A population-level epidemiological analysis using established GBD methodology that documents and confirms the rising burden of type 2 diabetes in MENA countries; descriptive rather than interventional, with no novel mechanistic or clinical insights.
Reported
Age-standardized T2DM prevalence…8961.4 per 100,000
95% uncertainty interval, prevale…8330.5–9640.4
Age-standardized mortality rate 2…28.9 per 100,000