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After diabetes diagnosis, many type 1 and type 2 diabetics worry about their life expectancy. Death is never a pleasant subject but it’s human nature to want to know ‘how long can I expect to live’. There is no hard and fast answer to the question of ‘how long can I expect to live’ as a number of factors influence one’s life expectancy.