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DIABETES

Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death. Type 1 diabetes usually occurs within children. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, usually occurring after age 45. Complications include: blindness, kidney disease, amputations, heart attack and stroke.
Prevalence in African Americans:

  * Approximately 2.3 million African Americans have diabetes. 1/3 of
  them do not know it.

  * African Americans are 1.7 times more like to have diabetes, than
  Non-Latino Whites.

  * 25% of African Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have
  diabetes.
 
 * 1 in 4 African American women over 55 years of age have
  diabetes.

Prevalence in Native Americans:

  * Native Americans have the highest rates of diabetes in the
  world.

  * Type 2 diabetes among Native Americans is 12.2% for those over
  19 years of age.

  * Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among Native
  Americans. Complications from diabetes are major causes of
  death and health problems in most Native American populations.

 * Amputations among Native Americans are 3-4 times higher than
  the general population.

Prevalence in Hispanics/Latinos:

  * Type 2 diabetes is 2 times higher in Latinos than in Non-Latino
  Whites.

  * 1.2 million of all Mexican Americans have diabetes.
 
 * Nearly 16% of Cuban Americans in the U.S. between the ages of
  45-74 have diabetes.

  * Approximately 24% of Mexican Americans in U.S. and 26% of
  Puerto Ricans between the ages of 45-75 have diabetes.

Diabetes Source: American Diabetes Association