Expected hospital admissions of 15- to 19-year-olds from 2002-05: 87
The population of Liverpool has a wide range of lifestyle characteristics.
On the one hand, a small percentage of the population of the city is well-educated, cosmopolitan and healthy. This group tends to have lower levels of diabetes. On the other hand, there are large numbers of low-income families who live on large council estates and have a higher risk of developing diabetes as a result of poor diet, inactive lifestyles and heavy smoking.
These groups are also at a higher than average risk of developing other long-term illnesses and permanent sickness.
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