DIABETES

FACT SHEET
IN KOREA

2012

Korean Diabetes Association (KDA) / Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

DIABETES FACT SHEET

IN KOREA 2012
SUMMARY
About 3.2 million Korean people (10.1%) aged over 30 years or older had diabetes in 2010. Based on
fasting glucose, 19.9% of adults had prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose). Accordingly 3 out of
10 people in Korea are diabetes or at high risk of future diabetes in 2010.
Diabetes will affect 6.0 million people in Korea by 2050, which will be twice higher than that of 2010.
The growth rate would be 183% for the next 40 years.
Three out of ten patients with diabetes are not aware of their disorder (awareness rate, 73.4%).
Furthermore, awareness of diabetes in young people (aged 30~44) is only 54.4 %.
Three out of four patients with diabetes in Korea are overweight or obese.
Most people with diabetes (85.9%) are under medical treatment, mostly being treated with oral
hypoglycemic agents (75.4%), but 14.1% of diabetic patients do not have any medical care.
Only 30% of diabetic patients in Korea reached their glycemic target. Only about half of the patients
are good at their glycemic control, even if applying the US guidelines HbA1c < 7% instead of
Korean ones < 6.5%.

 10 1 ( 10.1%), 10 2
( 19.9%). , 2010 10 3 .
 050 600 . 2010 183%
2
40 2 .
10 3 ( 73.4%),
30~44 45.6% .
 4 3(75%) . (BMI) 25.2 kg/m2 .
 (85.9%) ,
(75.4%). 14.1% .
37.9% .
(HbA1c < 6.5%) 30% .
HbA1c < 7% .

: 2007 2010
30
.
: 126 mg/dL ,
.
: 100~125 mg/dL


2010 30 10.1%

3.2
Total

10 1 ( 320 ).

Men

Million

PREVALENCE OF DIABETES 2010

( 30 YRS OLD)

Women

Population
Prevalence

 65 22.7% .

1,725,141

1,216,115

3,203,510
1,478,369

1,558,765

428,630
10.1%

Total

11.3%

Men

9.0%

Women

3.5%

11.9%

Age 30~44

Age 45~64

22.7%
Age 65

( )
30 20% 620
( ).

3,640,384

 2010 10 3
.

6,158,102
2,517,718

Total

Men

19.9%

24.2%

15.8%

Total

Men

Women

Women

Population
Prevalence

Million

6.2

IMPAIRED FASTING
GLUCOSE (PREDIABETES)

190%

FUTURE DIABETES
POPULATION
2050
2050
600 .
2010 183%
40 2 .

5.80

5.91

(Million)

2040

2050

(Year)

5.17
4.24
3.20

2010 , (10 )

() .

2010

2020

2030

PREVALENCE OF DIABETES
: REGIONAL DIFFERENCE

 , ,
, , .

Gyeonggi 10%

Gangwon
9.5%

Seoul 9.7%
Incheon 11%

 10.3%,
 9.1% .

Daejeon 9.5%

Chungbuk
7.5%

Chungnam
7.9%

Gyeongbuk
9.3%
Daegu
10.9%

Jeonbuk
11.2%
Gyeongnam
9.6%

Gwangju 8.6%
Jeonnam
7.8%

Busan
10.2%
Jeju 8.8%

Ulsan
12.3%

54.4%

Age 30-44

AWARENESS OF
DIABETES

 10 3
.
( 73.4%)
30~44
(45.6%)
.

81.3%
73.2%
54.4%

Age 30~44

Age 45~64

Age 65

14.1%

TYPE OF
TREATMENT

 (85.9%)
,
(75.4%)
. 14.1%

7.4%

.


14.1%

37.9%
.

3.1%

No treatment
Lifestyle modification
Oral hypoglycemic agents
Insulin

75.4%

< 30%

GLYCEMIC
CONTROL


30% .

50.6

 7%

.
 7.4% .

29.5

6.5% .

BLOOD PRESSURE
CONTROL

HbA1c < 6.5%

HbA1c < 7.0%

37%


1/3
.

Well-Controlled
Uncontrolled

1
3


/ 130/80 mmHg
.

57.5

PREVALENCE OF
CHILDHOOD DIABETES 2011
,

(Per 100,000)

2011
10 57.5 .

Patient number per 100,000

(0-9) 6 .

118.7

74.9
57.5

19.4

2011

Total

Age 0~9

Age 10~14

Age 15~17

1/10

GESTATIONAL
DIABETES

2011 10
.
2007 1~2% .

10.5

(%)

2011

(Year)

9
7.1
5.2

4.1

2011

2007

2008

2009

2010

PREVALENCE OF
OBESITY IN DIABETES

74.7%

 3/4 .
 (BMI) 25.2 kg/m2 .

Normal
Overweight
Obese

3
4

: BMI 23.0~24.9 kg/m2
: BMI 25.0 kg/m2

ABDOMINAL OBESITY
IN DIABETES

 40%,
 60% .
 88.3 cm,
86.9 cm .

90 cm,

85 cm

41.0%

56.3%

Men

Women