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Diabetes
With diabetes, a hormone called insulin, which is essential for the conversions of the glucose (sugar) into energy, is no longer produced in sufficient amounts by the body or the insulin produced is not working properly.
· In 1990, approximately 350,000 Australians had "diagnosed" diabetes and an estimated 300,000 Australians had "undiagnosed" diabetes, together representing 3. ...
· Diabetes is likely to affect 900,000 Australians by 2000 and 1. ...
· Juvenile diabetes (Type 1), or insulin dependent diabetes, which usually affect young people, ranks as one of the most common serious childhood diseases in Australia. ...
· Australia has very high rates of Type 1 Diabetes compared with most countries in the world.
· Females with Type 1 Diabetes have ten times the rates of cardiovascular mortality compared with non-diabetic females.
· Australian Aborigines suffer the 4th highest rates of Type 2 Diabetes in the world.
Approximate Word count = 666
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