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Statistics help with diabetes


statistics help with diabetes ?
How many people get diabetes mellitus each year? It would be great as a ratio if possible : ) thanks!
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That's tough to answer because you didn't say where. Here in the U.S. it's: approximately 798,000 new cases diagnosed annually in USA (CDC-OC) FYI, approximately 7% of the population is diabetic in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. while in India it's nearly 10%.
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National Estimates on Diabetes Estimation Methods The estimates on diabetes in this fact sheet were derived from various data systems of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the outpatient database of the Indian Health Service (IHS), the U.S. Renal Data System of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Census Bureau, and published studies. Estimates of the total number of persons with diabetes and the prevalence of diabetes in 2007 were derived using 2003–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2004–2006 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2005 IHS data, and 2007 resident population estimates. Many of the estimated numbers and percentages of people with diabetes were derived by applying diabetes prevalence estimates from health surveys of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population to the most recent 2007 resident population estimates. These estimates have some variability due to the limits of the measurements and estimation procedures. The procedures assumed that age-race-sex-specific percentages of adults with diabetes—diagnosed and undiagnosed—in 2007 are the same as they were in earlier time periods—for example, 2003 to 2006—and that the age-race-sex-specific percentages of adults with diabetes in the resident population are identical to those in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population. Deviations from these assumptions may result in over- or under-estimated numbers and percentages. For further information on the methods for deriving total, diagnosed, and undiagnosed prevalence of diabetes from NHANES data, see www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5235a1.htm. [Top] Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes in the United States, All Ages, 2007 Total: 23.6 million people—7.8 percent of the population—have diabetes. Diagnosed: 17.9 million people Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people [Top] Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes among People Aged 20 Years or Older, United States, 2007 Age 20 years or older: 23.5 million, or 10.7 percent, of all people in this age group have diabetes. Age 60 years or older: 12.2 million, or 23.1 percent, of all people in this age group have diabetes. Men: 12.0 million, or 11.2 percent, of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes. Women: 11.5 million, or 10.2 percent, of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes. Non-Hispanic whites: 14.9 million, or 9.8 percent, of all non-Hispanic whites aged 20 years or older have diabetes. Non-Hispanic blacks: 3.7 million, or 14.7 percent, of all non-Hispanic blacks aged 20 years or older have diabetes. Source: 2004–2006 National Health Interview Survey estimates projected to year 2007. Detailed information about this graph is available. [Top] Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes in People Younger than 20 Years of Age, United States, 2007 •About 186,300 people younger than 20 years have diabetes—type 1 or type 2. This represents 0.2 percent of all people in this age group. Estimates of undiagnosed diabetes are unavailable for this age group. [Top] Race and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes Sufficient data are not available to derive prevalence estimates of both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes for all minority populations. For example, national survey data cannot provide reliable estimates for the Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander population. However, national estimates of diagnosed diabetes for certain minority groups are available from national survey data and from the IHS user population database, which includes data for approximately 1.4 million American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States who receive health care from the IHS. Because most minority populations are younger and tend to develop diabetes at earlier ages than the non-Hispanic white population, it is important to control for population age differences when making race and ethnic comparisons. •Data from the 2005 IHS user population database indicate that 14.2 percent of the American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 20 years or older who received care from IHS had diagnosed diabetes. After adjusting for population age differences, 16.5 percent of the total adult population served by IHS had diagnosed diabetes, with rates varying by region from 6.0 percent among Alaska Native adults to 29.3 percent among American Indian adults in southern Arizona. •After adjusting for population age differences, 2004 to 2006 national survey data for people aged 20 years or older indicate that 6.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites, 7.5 percent of Asian Americans, 10.4 percent of Hispanics, and 11.8 percent of non-Hispanic blacks had diagnosed diabetes. Among Hispanics, rates were 8.2 percent for Cubans, 11.9 percent for Mexican Americans, and 12.6 percent for Puerto Ricans. [Top] Incidence of Diagnosed Diabetes among People Aged 20 Years or Older, United States, 2007 A total of 1.6 million new cases of diabe






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