MSNBC - Diabetes now kills more people than AIDS: "Some 3.2 million people died in 2000 of ailments brought on by diabetes such as cardiovascular disease and kidney failure. 2000 is the latest year for which figures were available.

'Problem is largely unrecognized'

The burden of premature death from diabetes is similar to that of HIV/AIDS, yet the problem is largely unrecognized,? the two organizations said in a statement. AIDS killed three million people in 2000."