Does insulin immediately make you think of type 1 diabetes? Think again. Between 30 and 40 percent of people with type 2 diabetes take insulin. In fact, there are more people with type 2 diabetes who take insulin than type 1 because of the much larger number of people with type 2. -
http://www.diabeticlivingonline.com/medication/insulin/insul...Of course the type 1 disease which is ~10% of diabetes is different.