Diabetes Part 1 – Statistics

“Diabetes Part 1 Statistics

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Over the next several months I will write about diabetes: its definition, types, statistics, symptoms, complications, treatment, and preventions. There is a lot to cover we will start with the statistics.

Diabetes mellitus is one of the main challenges in the area of health for the Hispanic / Latino.

Diabetes mellitus is one of the main challenges in the area of health for the Hispanic / Latino population in the United States, which has been estimated at 27 million.

  • Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death among Hispanics / Latinos; and the fourth leading cause of death among Hispanic women and elderly.
  • Hispanics / Latinos are at higher risk of developing and dying from the disease, and are twice as likely as other people to suffer from complications of diabetes, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, amputations and nerve damage.
  • Risk factors for developing diabetes
    • History of the disease in the family.
    • Overweight.
    • Sedentary lifestyle.
    • Smoking.
    • Be over 40 years.
    • Limited access to adequate health care.
  • La diabetes se presenta a una edad más temprana entre los hispanos/latinos, que entre individuos de otros grupos étnicos. Entre el mexicano americano y los puertorriqueños, la edad en la que se inicia la diabetes es entre los 30-50 años.
  • En promedio, los hispanos/latinos tienen el doble de probabilidad de padecer diabetes que las personas caucasiano no hispanas de la misma edad.
  • La diabetes es dos a tres veces más común entre los adultos mexicanos americanos y puertorriqueños que entre los caucasiano no hispanos. Los cubanos americanos tienen menores proporciones de diabetes, pero aun así son más altos que los de los caucásicos no hispanos.
  • La proporción en la que se presenta la diabetes tipo 2 entre los mexicano americanos es de 110%, y entre los puertorriqueños de 120%, más alta que entre las personas caucasiano no hispanas.
  • Mas del 10% de todos los mexicano americanos de 20 años o mayores tiene diabetes.
  • Entre las personas entre los 45 -74 años de edad, la frecuencia de la diabetes es:
  • 9% para los mexicano americanos,
  • 1% para los puertorriqueños,
  • 8% para los cubano americanos, y
  • 12% para los caucasiano no hispanos.

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Lea toda la serie sobre diabetes en https://conexionflorida.com/diabetes_part1_statistics/. Haga cliq en la parte que querires leer.

Parte 1 Estadística
Parte 2 Definición y tipos
Parte 3 Los síntomas
Parte 4 Complicaciones
Parte 5 Medicinas

Read this series in English at https://conexionflorida.com/diabetes_part1_statistics/. Click on part you want to read.

Part 1 Statistic
Part 2 Definition and types
Part 3 Symptoms
Part 4 Complications

Part 5 Medicines

Read the whole diabetes series at https://conexionflorida.com/diabetes_part1_statistics/

Diabetes

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