Earlier Onset

• Cardiovascular complications occur at an earlier age for diabetic people than their healthier counterparts.
  
  

Increased Risks

• Diabetes alters the way blood is pumped into the heart; the change in blood flow increases the likelihood of diabetic people having a heart attack or stroke.
  
  

Strokes

• Diabetics that have suffered a stroke are 4 times as likely to have another; those that have had at least 2 strokes are 4 times as likely to have another.
  
  

Heart Attacks

• Diabetic men and women have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack. However, women diabetics are less likely to survive a heart attack than their male counterparts.
  
  

Causes

• Chronic illness and conditions have an adverse affect on heart health. Obesity, smoking, high cholesterol levels and hypertension are all causes of CHD in diabetic people.
  
  

Mortality Rates

• Death rates for women diabetics with heart disease have increased 23% in the last 30 years, while death rates for their male counterparts have decreased by 13%. Nearly 60% of diabetics die from complications caused by CHD.