Neither is correct. "diabetes was 47%" is not right. It is not clear what "47%" refers to.
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SadeeIn the Middle East, the rate of diabetes was 47% and increasing to 95%.In the Middle East, the rate of diabetes was 47% and it was increasing to...Which one is correct?Do you mean that 47%, or possibly 95%, of the population has diabetes? Is that really correct? It seems much too high. Or perhaps these are just any numbers for the example, and you don't