Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) References: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics Report: 2014. (http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/statsreport14/national-diabetes-report-web.pdf). Accessed: October, 2016. 2. International Diabetes Federation. Diabetes Atlas, 7th Edition. 2015. 3. World Heart Federation. Diabetes as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. (http://www.world-heart-federation.org/- cardiovascular-health/cardiovascular-disease-risk-factors/diabetes/). Accessed: October, 2016. 4. National Diabetes Education Program. Snapshot of Diabetes. (http://www.nkfm.org/sites/default/files/doc- uments/ndep_diabetes_snapshot.pdf). Accessed: October, 2016. 5. The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, et al. Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality. JAMA. 2015;314(1):52-60. 6. World Health Organization. Diabetes: fact sheet no. 312. (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs312/en/#). Accessed: October, 2016. 7. American Heart Association. Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes. (http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Diabetes/WhyDiabetesMatters/Cardiovascular-Disease-Diabetes_UCM_313865_Article.jsp/#.V_aayHarTq5). Accessed: October, 2016. 90-95% FAST FACTS DIABETES AND CVD 29 415 million million People with type 1 (T1D) or type 2 (T2D) diabetes Adult diabetes cases in the U.S. that are T2D 1 IN THE U.S. 1 WORLDWIDE 2 People with diabetes are more likely to develop CVD 3 2-4x 6 12 AVERAGE LIFE-YEARS LOST 68% ~ of deaths in people with T2D in the U.S. are caused by CVD 4 someone with diabetes* 5 someone with diabetes & a history of heart attack or stroke** 5 * Based on having a history of diabetes at age 60 ** Based on having a history of diabetes and heart attack or stroke at age 60 TO MANAGE CVD Quitting smoking Eating healthy Exercising Keeping up with medical care SELF-CARE STRATEGIES People with diabetes can take action to control their risk by 7 : CVD RISK FACTORS 3,6 High blood pressure Obesity Abnormal cholesterol and high triglycerides Diabetes Smoking Lack of physical activity PC-00571