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Did You Know?
1) 2200 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed each day?
2) 16 million americans have diabetes and aren't aware
of it?
3) 10,000 baby boomers are turning 50 each and every day?
4) There has been a 63% increase of diabetes over the past ten years?
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Total prevalence of diabetes in people aged 20 years or older,
by age group—United States, 2002
Source: 1999–2001 National Health Interview
Survey and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
estimates projected to year 2002
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Nerve Damage
| About 60-70% of people with diabetes have mild
to severe forms of diabetic nerve damage, which in severe forms can
lead to lower limb amputations. |
Limb Amputations
| The Center of Disease Control estimated that
there were over 90,000 lower limb amputations last year. It is estimated
that 85% of those could have been prevented with proper foot care. |
Age-Adjusted total prevalence of diabetes in people aged 20 years
or older, by race/ethnicity—United States, 2002 
Source: 1999–2001 National Health Interview
Survey and 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
estimates projected to year 2002.
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Insulin Production
| Pork-based insulin was first produced for human
use in 1921 at a time when some diabetics died within six weeks of
being diagnosed with the disease. Today insulin is synthetically produced.
Both pork insulin and the synthetic version have been credited with
saving millions of lives. |
Heart Disease
| Heart disease is the leading cause of diabetes-related
deaths. Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about
2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes. |
Number of new cases of diagnosed diabetes in people aged 20 years
or older, by age group—United States, 2002
Source: 1999–2001 National Health Interview Survey
estimates projected to year 2002 |
Blindness
| Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases
of blindness among adults aged 20-74 years. Diabetic retinopathy causes
12,000 to 24,000 new cases of blindness each year. |
Silent Killer
| Diabetes is a chronic disease and a silent killer. 17 million
Americans have diabetes and more than 1,000,000 are newly diagnosed
each year. Diabetes is the nation's fifth deadliest disease, killing
almost 280,000 people annually. In 2002, diabetes cost the United
States $132 billion, up from $98 billion in 1997. A major risk factor
for heart disease and stroke, diabetes is also the leading cause of
blindness, kidney failure and amputations. |
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