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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The number of Britons suffering from diabetes has soared by a third in six years to 3million, costing the NHS ?764million in prescriptions.
It is estimated another 850,000 remain undiagnosed ? with 90 per cent suffering from Type 2 diabetes, linked to unhealthy lifestyles.
The rise since 2006 comes as a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) said the number of items prescribed to tackle the condition has risen 57 per cent.
Doctors authorised 42.5million items costing ?764.1million in the last financial year in England, compared with ?513.9million in 2005-06.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/13/diabetes-cases-in-britain-hit-three-million-3922628/
It is estimated another 850,000 remain undiagnosed ? with 90 per cent suffering from Type 2 diabetes, linked to unhealthy lifestyles.
The rise since 2006 comes as a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) said the number of items prescribed to tackle the condition has risen 57 per cent.
Doctors authorised 42.5million items costing ?764.1million in the last financial year in England, compared with ?513.9million in 2005-06.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/13/diabetes-cases-in-britain-hit-three-million-3922628/