BBC Stats

[aromulus]

They are bloody stupid in the media, and the Beeb is one of the worse.

Today the headline is: Rates of diabetes soar in the UK

"From 1997 to 2003 there was a 74% rise in new cases of diabetes."

....and yet if you read the actual report itself the rate has changed from 26/100,00 to 43/10,000.

So an extra 17 people per 10,000 have diabetes now than in 1997. Doesn't look like it has SOARED when you look at the figures in simple terms does it?

Believe it or not, the 17 extra people could well be Asian immigrants to this country.
It is a well known and proven fact that asians do tend to suffer with the condition more so than the western population.
One idea given to that effect is the change of diet.

[PeterB]

One idea given to that effect is the change of diet.

If you mean a change to a western diet on arrival in UK, then I suspect that is not the case. I'm aware of a lot more diabetics here in Phils than I ever was in the UK. And this is a country with no free medical service, so the number of undetected cases is likely to be higher too.

[somebody]

If you mean a change to a western diet on arrival in UK, then I suspect that is not the case. I'm aware of a lot more diabetics here in Phils than I ever was in the UK. And this is a country with no free medical service, so the number of undetected cases is likely to be higher too.

Many gujurati Indians suffer from Diabetes in the UK and the west.

Many still eat a mainly familiar diet its the portions and lack of exercise it seems

Another race/nation of people who have changed dramtically are somanlis who i can remeber 10 years ago you would recogonise in the most due to their thin bodies and facial features. Now many have bloated out. I would think that Diabetes would have risen greatly also in their group.

Lets face it many Phills have a diet which has tremdous amounts of fat, sugar and salt used in it.