Diabetes: Control - Slide 6

Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

• Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes

• In adults with diabetes:

  • 68% die of heart disease or stroke

  • the risk for stroke is two to four times higher

  • 75% have high blood pressure

  • smoking doubles the risk for heart disease

NIDDK, National Diabetes Statistics 2007.
www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/

Note:

• Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes.

• In adults with diabetes:

  • 68% die of heart disease or stroke
  • the risk for stroke is two to four times higher
  • 75% have high blood pressure
  • smoking doubles the risk for heart disease

Reference

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. National Diabetes Statistics, 2007. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2008.

Revised November 2008