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Diabetes and Women
Of the millions of people with diabetes in the United States, more than half are women. Diabetes affects women in all life stages. In women, it can affect the health of both a mother and her unborn children. The number of women at high risk for diabetes and its complications will continue to increase.
Minority racial and ethnic groups are the hardest hit by type 2 diabetes; the prevalence is at least 2-4 times higher among Black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian Pacific Islander women than among white women.
Facts about women and diabetes:
90 to 95 percent of women with diabetes have type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes usually develops after age 40 and occurs when the body's cells become resistant to insulin
The risk of heart disease, the most common complication of diabetes, is more serious among women than men.
Among people with diabetes who have had a heart attack, women have lower survival rates and a poorer quality of life than men.
Children exposed to diabetes in the womb have a greater likelihood of becoming obese during childhood and adolescence and for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
Women with diabetes have a shorter life expectancy than women without diabetes, and women are at greater risk of blindness from diabetes than men.
Social, economic, and political barriers sometimes block high-quality care and easy access to health care for women with diabetes.
Social and economic issues will leave many older women with diabetes living alone and poor. Poverty is also a major concern for women of childbearing age who have diabetes.
Before your next visit to one of our clinics, read more about how to live with diabetes.
Then, let our professionals help you get a handle on your diabetic condition.
