Mortality rates higher among people with diabetes whose socioeconomic status is low
Low income and educational level almost triples the risk that people with type 1 diabetes will die of cerebral infarction. A doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy also showed the conclusion that type diabetes 1 is declining among young people to be unfounded.Approximately 400,000 Swedes have diabetes, and type 1 diabetes is the second most common chronic disease among children and young adults.
Newer studies have suggested that 15-34 year-olds are developing type 1 diabetes at a slower rate than previously. A recent doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg,
