Interesting cheatsheet on diabetes facts in The Netherlands published by the Diabetes Vereniging Nederland:
- 600,000 known people have diabetes type 1 and type 2
- 250,000 people have diabetes without their knowledge
- so, 1 on every 19 Dutch citizen has diabetes
- 85% have diabetes type 2
- 15% have diabetes type 1
- 70,000 diabetics added annually
- at least 6,000 children (age less than 19) suffer from diabetes
- 5,000 of these children have diabetes type 1
- annual growth at least 500 children with type 1
