In recent decades, rates of diabetes in China have significantly increased. A study published Jan. 17 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that, among all adults in China, diabetes was associated with increased mortality due to a range of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases, such as ischemic heart disease, chronic liver disease, infections and various cancers. Presence of diabetes was more common in urban areas, but all-cause mortality was in greater excess in rural China. Read the full study here.