MamasHealth.com Home Diabetes Information Blood Glucose Meter Care Card Complications Diabetes Diabetes I Diabetes II Diabetes III Diabetes Concerns Diabetes Diet Diabetic Feet Diabetes and Exercise Diabetes and Erectile Dysfunction Diabetes and Medicines Diabetic Retinopathy Diabetes & Heart Disease Diabetes & Medicare Living Well with Diabetes Non-invasive glucose monitors Pregnant with diabetes Questions to ask your Doctor Statistics Sexual problems caused by diabetes Stay Healthy Take control of Diabetes Treatment Links News Pre-Diabetes Personal story about recovering from diabetes Email Mama	Statistics An estimated 60 to 65 percent of people with diabetes have high blood pressure. 4 in 10 people with Diabetes develop complications. In the USA, for instance, amputation of the lower limb happens 15 times more often in people with diabetes as opposed to those without. Approximately 8.1 million or 8.2% of all women in the United States have diabetes, however, about a third of them do not know it. Approximately 7.5 million or 8.2% of all men in the United States have diabetes, however, more than one third of these do not know it. Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness in the United States and the single leading cause of kidney failure and non-traumatic amputation. Women with diabetes are 7.6 times more likely to suffer from peripheral vascular disease. Kidney disease is a frequent complication of diabetes, and often ends in kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease. Diabetes can cause impotence. Complications of diabetes include: blindness, kidney disease, amputations, heart attack and stroke. Diabetes is the leading cause of death by disease in Canada. Each day approximately 2,200 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes among African Americans is about 70% higher than among white Americans. For every six white Americans who have diabetes, 10 African Americans have diabetes. People with diabetes have an average life expectancy 15 years less than those without diabetes. Diabetes is the most frequent cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations.	Sign up for our Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust
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