according to the WHO report prevalence of diabetes is increasing. incidence rapidly rising around the world, most significantly in middle-income countries. As reported by the International Diabetes Federation, currently out of ten adults one of them are living with DM. globally.The aim of the study:Is to determine the prevalence and risk factorsof type two diabetes mellitus in Erbil city.Method: A population-based household study was conducted in Erbil city. Data are collected through the cluster sampling method in Erbil city. Erbil city consists of six municipalities, each municipality differs from the other. Depending on the population and number of alleys were divided and from each municipality, twenty-five percent was selected. Data were collected by a personal face-to-face interview with individuals of both sexes, aged over 20 years. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, (social classes) homeownership, family income, possession of a car, number of household members, number of rooms, education, occupation. The second part of the questionnaire related to risk factors which were consisted of, family history of diabetes mellitus smoking status, alcohol drinking,exercise, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, gestational diabetes, drug history, eating fast food. Patients will be regarded as diabetic if he has a history of diabetes and/or are on treatment. For the aim of evaluating the survey's reliability, a pilot study was carried out on 15 Erbil citizens regardless of diabetic patients for obtaining the reliability(test). The content validity was determined through four experts and all four experts are agreed on the content of the questionnaire with light changes for being more reliable. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) IBM SPSS Statistics 25 software was used for the analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out.For univariate analysis, Odds Ratio was calculated using, logistic regression

Adult Population, Risk Factors Associated, Heart Disease.