Diabetics 50% more likely to suffer from heart attack

Diabetics are almost 50% more likely to have a heart attack than people who do not have the condition.

Between 2010 and 2011, almost 14,500 people with diabetes suffered from a heart attack in England and Wales, according to data from the National Diabetes Audit.

The report, which shows the extent to which people with diabetes die earlier and develop more health problems than the rest of the population, states that only 9,800 heart attack cases were expected.