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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
THE WORD tsunami, in the context of an irreversible future phenomenon, has possibly been overused when it comes to healthcare forecasting. Yet it is difficult to argue with its appropriateness where the significant rise in cases of diabetes on the island of Ireland is concerned.
Recent research carried out by the Institute of Public Health (IPH), in conjunction with health research centres at University College Cork and Queen?s University Belfast, projects the number of adults aged 45 and over with both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes will rise by 30 per cent to about 177,000 by 2020. In 2010 it was estimated that more than one in 10 adults 45 and over in the Republic had diabetes.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0816/1224322256426.html
Recent research carried out by the Institute of Public Health (IPH), in conjunction with health research centres at University College Cork and Queen?s University Belfast, projects the number of adults aged 45 and over with both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes will rise by 30 per cent to about 177,000 by 2020. In 2010 it was estimated that more than one in 10 adults 45 and over in the Republic had diabetes.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0816/1224322256426.html