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The World Health Organization estimates that there are 185 million people with diabetes worldwide with 40 percent having been diagnosed and under treatment. This number is expected to grow to 500 million by 2025 due to aging populations, sedentary lifestyles and increasing obesity.

The blood glucose monitoring market had reached more than $5 billion in sales in 2004, and is projected to grow approximately 10 percent compounded annually. That is the theoretical potential market size for the glucose watch. There are approximately 17 million people with diabetes (Type I and Type II) in the USA (6.2% of US population), 11.1 million of these having been diagnosed with the disease. This number increases by 6%-7% per year, (American Diabetes Association, 2004). At the same time, the glucose watch testing market is increasing at approximately 12%-15%per year due to increases in patient population, number of patients testing and increased frequency of testing.

Currently there are a number of glucose watch monitors under clinical trials and development for the worldwide general market which include the GLUCO M  above which could be released by 2012 and for more details of this and other designs visit Diabetic Glucose Watch!