We can also see from the statistics in table c that the number of people with diabetes is rising. In the year 2003,according to the World Health Organization (the WHO),194 million adults had diabetes-about 5.1% of the population. By 2030,the WHO say this figure will be about 366 million (6.3%). The Middle East,they say,will see the biggest increase.Here the total will go up from 15.2 million people to 42.6 million by 2030.