# T1 mortality rates

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-mortality-rates/224>\
**Category:** T1 Research\
**Tags:** complications, statistics, diabetes-deaths\
**Created:** [March 27, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-mortality-rates/224 "2017-03-27T17:27:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/t1-mortality-rates/224/3 "2017-03-27T20:08:33Z")

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> [@Myths surrounding Diabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/myths-surrounding-diabetes/151/16):
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> Nobody dies of well-managed diabetes.

The conclusion of several recent studies, though, is that **5 to 10% of diabetics** (gasp) die of hypoglycemia **before age 40**. To me, that is a shocking number.

EDIT: I was wrong in writing “of hypoglycemia.” It is for all reasons combined. And, as @britt_j mentions below, the data is starting to be dated.

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