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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
THE number of people diagnosed with diabetes in the West Midlands has increased by more than 14,000 to 284,9701 in the past year, warns leading health charity Diabetes UK.
In the Worcestershire PCT area, 26,308 people aged 17 or over with diabetes are registered with GPs.
The regional rise is mainly in cases of Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for around 90 per cent of all diagnoses.
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co....t_Midlands_with_diabetes_up_14_000_in_a_year/
In the Worcestershire PCT area, 26,308 people aged 17 or over with diabetes are registered with GPs.
The regional rise is mainly in cases of Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for around 90 per cent of all diagnoses.
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co....t_Midlands_with_diabetes_up_14_000_in_a_year/