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Diabetes care cascade from the two national sources, which disagree because of definitions (NFHS-5 uses self-report plus permissive random-glucose cutoffs; NNMS uses fasting glucose). Absolute numbers derived on ICMR-INDIAB's 101 million adults 20+ with diabetes (2021). Do not average the two sources.

Provenance

Publisher: NFHS-5: Varghese et al., JAMA Internal Medicine 2023. NNMS: Frontiers in Public Health 2022 (ICMR-NCDIR survey 2017-18). Base: ICMR-INDIAB-17, Lancet D&E 2023. Derived numbers are author-computed.
Source: NFHS-5: Varghese et al., JAMA Internal Medicine 2023. NNMS: Frontiers in Public Health 2022 (ICMR-NCDIR survey 2017-18). Base: ICMR-INDIAB-17, Lancet D&E 2023. Derived numbers are author-computed.
Data covers: NFHS-5 2019-21; NNMS 2017-18; base 2021
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Licence: see source
Redistributable: unknown
Verified by: IHMR Labs

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Used in IHMR-RSCH-001.

The data

stage	NFHS5_percent (denominator noted)	NNMS_percent_of_all_with_diabetes	derived_people_millions_of_101M_base_NFHS5	derived_people_millions_of_101M_base_NNMS
Have diabetes	100 (prevalence 6.5% of 18+)	100 (prevalence 9.3% of 18-69)	101 (published, ICMR-INDIAB)	101 (published, ICMR-INDIAB)
Diagnosed / aware	74.2 (of all with diabetes)	45.8	75 (derived)	46 (derived)
On treatment	59.4 (of diagnosed)	36.1	44 (derived)	36 (derived)
Glucose controlled	65.5 (of diagnosed)	15.7	49 (derived; control among diagnosed)	16 (derived)

Caveats

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Diabetes care cascade from the two national sources, which disagree because of definitions (NFHS-5 uses self-report plus permissive random-glucose cutoffs; NNMS uses fasting glucose). Absolute numbers derived on ICMR-INDIAB's 101 million adults 20+ with diabetes (2021). Do not average the two sources. · IHMR