A Million People are Not Aware they Are Diabetic in the UK

Wed, 30 Jun 2010
In the UK around a million people are considered to have undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes .

This comes as quite a shock as this is double the previous estimate.

Diabetes Health Intelligence has arrived at the conclusion that 820,000 adult diabetics in England have not been diagnosed.

The diabetes charity, Diabetes UK, suggests that this figure increases to 1.1 million when applied to the UK and that the total diabetic population is going to reach 5.5 million by 2030.

These figures are shocking, highlghting the need to place more emphasis on successful delivery diabetes prevention and awareness programmes across the country.

Prevention has to be a way forward.

Diabetes UK considers the Government’s NHS Health Checks programme, aimed at those between 40 and 74, to be extremely helpful as it helps to identify further people with Type 2 diabetes.

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