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Population and Income: Lithuania has a total population of approximately 2.88 million people and an income group classified as high.

Mortality: Diabetes-related deaths show higher rates in older ages: males 420, females 1270 for those over 70. Proportional mortality indicates a significant share of diabetes deaths in total deaths, but total deaths data is limited for precise comparison.

Causes of Death: Leading causes include communicable diseases (8%), injuries (35%), other non-communicable diseases (cancers, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases), with diabetes contributing to a notable proportion but specific NCD data inconsistent.

Diabetes Prevalence: About 9.7% of the adult population has diabetes. Common risk factors include high overweight (62.8%) and obesity (27.5%) rates, with physical inactivity affecting 20.2% (males slightly lower).

National Response: Lithuania has operational policies for diabetes, reducing overweight/obesity, and reducing physical inactivity. Evidence-based guidelines are available and fully implemented, and standard referral criteria exist. However, no diabetes registry or recent national risk factor survey with blood glucose measurement has been conducted. Availability of basic medicines and technologies like insulin, metformin, and blood glucose monitoring is generally present, but some advanced procedures (e.g., dialysis, renal replacement) are not widely available.