Incidence And Prevalence Of Type I Diabetes
Risk Factors
More than 23 million American children and adults have diabetes. Up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 57 million Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition that increases the risk for developing diabetes. Type 2 diabetes used to mainly develop after the age of 40, but it is now increasing in younger people and children. Obesity is likely the major factor behind this dramatic growth rate.
According to the National Institutes of Health, people have an increased risk for...
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Incidence
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Incidence is the number of new cases of a condition, symptom, death, or injury that develop during a specific time period, such as a year. The number... Read more »
Why do people get diabetes?
No one knows why people get diabetes. Among the causes of diabetes are genetic or hereditary factors and the environment. Diabetes affects 5% to 7%... Read more »
Diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood.See also:Gestational diabetesMetabolic syndromeType 1... Read more »
Type 2 diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong (chronic) disease in which there are high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is the most common... Read more »
Type 1 diabetes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease that occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to properly control blood sugar... Read more »
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