SINCE '06, it's been rare for worldwide disasters to number under 900 in any given year. As late as '80's, a terrible year might have seen 500 ... Bubonic plague, tuberculosis back, now antibiotic resistant ... N America spends more health care dollars on diabetes than any other condition. $548B spent worldwide on it in '13. W Pacific has largest number with diabetes in world. Almost half undiagnosed in SE Asia. Happy trails, pards.