Cardiovascular disease is two to four times more common in people with diabetes.
Cardiovascular disease is present in 75 percent of diabetes-related deaths. Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults over age 30. As many as 24,000 new cases per year in people with diabetes. Neuropathy is a major contributing cause of lower extremity amputations. Affects 90 percent of people with long-term diabetes.