Poor People at Biggest Risk of Diabetes

Mon, 03 Aug 2009
It is forecast that by 2025 more than four million people will have diabetes in the UK.

The most common type of diabetes is type 2 diabetes, which is often related to lifestyle factors, like being overweight .

This happens as a result of the body not making enough insulin or when the insulin which is produced does not function properly.

Should diabetes not be managed effectively it can lead to complications like heart disease, kidney failure, strokes, amputation and blindness .

The report also highlights that women who live in homes England with the lowest income are over four times as likely to develop diabetes than those who live in homes with the highest income.

Furthermore, diabetes in Wales is almost twice as high in the most deprived areas compared to the least deprived.

The poor in Scotland have a higher risk of getting diabetes than the most well off .

It is vital to prevent a generation of those who live in deprivation from ending up in an early grave.

It is vital for health authorities to increase the awareness of those at high risk.

It is essential for the NHS to ensure that adequate, high quality care is available throughout the country. Everyone, irregardless of their socioeconomic status, needs to be able to access it.

Research has demonstrated that diabetics in poorer areas of areas of high ethnicity areas are less likely to have crucial health checks, rendering them at greater risk of diabetes .

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