The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the National Diabetes Fact Sheet for 2007. According to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released June 25, 2008 by the CDC diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. This is an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, meaning nearly eight percent of the U.S. population has diabetes.

The CDC finds that disparities still exist among ethnic groups and minority populations including Native Americans, blacks and Hispanics. The report states that the rate of diagnosed diabetes was highest among Native Americans and Alaska Natives (16.5 percent). This was followed by blacks (11.8 percent) and Hispanics (10.4 percent), which includes rates for Puerto Ricans (12.6 percent), Mexican Americans (11.9 percent), and Cubans (8.2 percent). By comparison, the rate for Asian Americans was 7.5 percent with whites at 6.6 percent.

This report may be of interest to border health partners and others in the United States – México border region.

To view the CDC Press Release, click here.

To view the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, click here.

Or click on this link: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2007.pdf


To link to the CDC website, click here.

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