Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
OVER 4,000 adults in Londonderry are now registered as having Diabetes.
The latest statistics released by Diabetes UK Northern Ireland show that since 2006 there has been a dramatic jump of 32 per cent in the numbers now living with the condition. The figures were collected from GPs in the city and show in the last year 209 adults were diagnosed with diabetes, a condition which can lead to serious complications such as kidney disease, heart disease, amputation, stroke and blindness.
Across Northern Ireland there was an increase of over five per cent on last year?s figures, with 72,693 adults now diagnosed.
http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/dramatic_hike_in_diabetes_statistics_1_3172058
The latest statistics released by Diabetes UK Northern Ireland show that since 2006 there has been a dramatic jump of 32 per cent in the numbers now living with the condition. The figures were collected from GPs in the city and show in the last year 209 adults were diagnosed with diabetes, a condition which can lead to serious complications such as kidney disease, heart disease, amputation, stroke and blindness.
Across Northern Ireland there was an increase of over five per cent on last year?s figures, with 72,693 adults now diagnosed.
http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/dramatic_hike_in_diabetes_statistics_1_3172058