We know that the numbers of people
diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in the United
States, but in the United Kingdom, type 2 diabetes numbers have
trebled in the last 20 years. According to Cardiff University, the
number of people with type 2 diabetes in the UK went from 700,000 to
about 2.8 million.
The good news in the data collected by
general physicians between 1991 and 2014 showed an increase in life
expectancy for those with type 2 diabetes.
Between 1993 and 2010, the proportion
of obese people across the UK doubled from 13% to 26% for men. That
figure went from 16% to 26% for women.
Wales has the highest prevalence of
diabetes in the UK, with 7.1% of people aged 17 and over living with
the condition, Diabetes Cymru UK has said.
Rates of the type 2 form of the disease
continue to rise, according to Professor Craig Currie from Cardiff
University's school of medicine.
He added the increased life expectancy
finding could be due to earlier diagnosis of the condition, as well
as drugs such as blood pressure tablets and statins for blood
cholesterol.
The research also revealed the
prevalence of type 2 diabetes increased with age, although this
increase is lower in people aged 80 years and above. Prevalence was
also generally higher in men than in women above the age of 40.
Around 90% of the 4.5 million people
who live with diabetes in the UK have type 2 diabetes.
This form of the disease develops when
the insulin-producing cells in the body are unable to produce enough
insulin, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly.
It is treated with a healthy diet,
increased physical activity, medication and insulin.
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