Diabetes is a growing problem and it is estimated that between 2007 and 2025 Germany, Italy, and France will have the greatest increases in women aged 20-79 years with diabetes mellitus (DM) (IDF 2006). For women the average death rate due to DM was and among individual countries the highest rates were observed in Cyprus (), Portugal (), Austria (), and Malta () (EUROSTAT 2009). The prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is higher among elderly women than among elderly men. Significant gender differences are found in the incidences of AD after the age of 85 years. Depression is more.
