Diabetes

The Hills Mallee Southern Regional Diabetes Program has increased
the number of Diabetes Nurse Educators, Dietitians and Podiatrists throughout the region, and some areas in the region are receiving their services for the first time.

Diabetes – did you know?

• Every ten minutes, someone, somewhere in Australia is diagnosed with diabetes – the world’s fastest growing chronic disease and the 7th highest killer in Australia.
• Over 150 people per day are diagnosed with diabetes, which results in an average of approximately 55,000 newly diagnosed people each year. There are currently 1,040,000 living with diabetes, half of whom are unaware of their condition, and by 2010, Diabetes Australia expects the number to reach 1.7 million.
• Diabetes does not discriminate – it can strike anyone at anytime during your life – from newborn babies to the elderly.

Diabetes South Australia fact sheet (2002)