Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 4

Diabetes Complications

• Diabetes is the leading cause of:

  • kidney failure

  • new cases of adult blindness

  • nontraumatic lower-limb amputations

• In adults with diabetes:

  • the risk of periodontal, or gum, disease is two to three times higher

  • 60 to 70 %have mild to severe nervous system damage

Note:

• Diabetes is the leading cause of Kidney failure – it accounts for 44% of new cases.

• Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of adult blindness – it accounts for 12,000 to 24,000 cases every year.

• Diabetes is the leading cause (more than 60%) of nontraumatic lowerlimb amputations.

• Adults with diabetes have a 2 to 3 times greater risk of periodontal, or gum disease.

• 60 to 70 percent of adults with diabetes have mild to severe nervous system damage.

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.