What are the most common causes of death for people with diabetes?

What are the most common causes of death for people with diabetes?

Anne Peters, MD, FACP, CDE (Professor and Director of Clinical Diabetes Programs, USC Keck School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: Does taking additional insulin correct a high blood sugar level?; Why is my blood pressure important if I have diabetes?; What are the most common causes of death for people with diabetes? and more...

By far and away, the most common cause of death in people with diabetes is cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke. That's what people with diabetes die from. We end up seeing many of our patients with diabetes either diagnosed just at the time they had their bypass surgery or not that long after. So it is very important to work with people with diabetes to prevent their risk for heart attack and stroke equally as important, if not perhaps more so, to lowering their blood sugars.