Diabetes complications 'at record high'

[Northerner]

Rates of stroke and kidney failure in people with diabetes have surged in England, according to new analysis by Diabetes UK.

An audit of 1.9 million people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes found more than 13,000 had a stroke in 2009-10, a 57% rise from 2006-7.

And more than 7,000 had kidney failure, up 31% from 2006-7.

Barbara Young, chief executive of the charity, said the rates of the complications were "shocking".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17487431

 

[novorapidboi26]

Worrying statistics there.................

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Haven't read the story, but any chance it has a lot to do with people with diabetes living a lot longer these days?