Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 3

Diabetes & 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 stoke is two to four times higher

  • 75% have high blood pressure

  • smoking doubles the risk for heart disease

Note:

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

Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about two to four times higher than adults without diabetes.

• 68% of adults with diabetes die of heart disease or stroke.

• The risk of stroke is 2 to 4 times higher in adults with diabetes.

• 75% of adults with diabetes 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.