A new study has found that while one in nine people globally live with diabetes , almost half don’t even know they have the disease.

The study of data from more than 204 countries and territories between 2000 and 2023 found 44 per cent of people 15 years and older with diabetes are undiagnosed.

“It is a very alarming number,” said Lauryn Stafford, lead author of the study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

According to the study’s findings, of those living with diabetes, about 56 per cent are aware they have the condition globally, but the rate differs depending on each country.

The rate of diagnosis sits at about 85 per cent in Canada, but there’s many factors that go into how many are diagnosed in a country.

“It depends on where peo

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