Diabetes hits poor the hardest, report reveals: NewsTarget.com

According to a new report entitled "Diabetes and the Disadvantaged: Reducing Health Inequalities in the U.K.," not only are roughly 3 million people expected to suffer from type 2 diabetes by 2010, but there is also a link between the disease and socioeconomic status.

The report -- published by Diabetes U.K. and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes for World Diabetes Day -- stated that residents of the poorest communities in Britain are 2.5 times more likely than higher socioeconomic groups to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These poorer community members are also 3.5 times more likely to develop serious complications from the disorder, including heart disease, stroke and kidney damage.

One of the causes for this discrepancy is that people in poorer areas are less likely to have appropriate care available and are not getting the necessary tests -- blood glucose levels and blood pressure, for example -- to prevent complications.

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