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Diabetes by the numbers
Facts about diabetes in Manitoba:
| 76,608 |
The number of people in Manitoba living with diabetes as of 2006. That's more than double the 32,468 people who had the disease in 1989. |
| 50.3 |
Percentage of those diagnosed who are male.* |
| 49.7 |
Percentage of those diagnosed who are female.* |
| 96 |
Percentage of people with diabetes who have Type 2. Type 2 is considered preventable; Type 1 is not. |
| 10 |
Average number of years in reduced life expectancy for people diagnosed with diabetes in their 20s.* |
| 4 |
Average number of years in reduced life expectancy for people diagnosed with diabetes in their mid-70s.* |
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Source: Diabetes Trends and Gender Differences: A Summary of Diabetes Surveillance in Manitoba / *Canadian Diabetes Association
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