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Read these interesting numbers... then get involved! Diabetes by the Numbers 2003 |
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210,000:
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The number of deaths annually due to diabetes in the United States |
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61%:
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The increase of Americans with diabetes since 1990 |
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17 million:
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The estimated number of adult Americans who have diabetes |
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6 million:
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The estimated number of African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans who have diabetes |
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16 million:
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The estimated number of Americans who have "pre-diabetes" |
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10%:
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The proportion of the United States population who will have diabetes by 2010 |
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$132 billion:
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The annual cost of diabetes to the United States |
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100%:
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The increase of diabetes-related medical costs from 1997 to 2002 |
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1:
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The ranking of diabetes as the cause of blindness, kidney disease and amputations |
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50:
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The number of states threatening to cut diabetes healthcare coverage in 2003 |
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50:
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The number of governors who could stop those cuts from happening |
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16:
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The number of states that receive enough federal funding for a Basic Implementation Diabetes Control Program |
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$150 million:
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The amount of federal funding needed to establish a Basic Implementation Diabetes Control Program in the other 34 states |
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$1.5 billion:
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The amount of federal funding that was recommended by the Diabetes Research Working Group to adequately fight for a cure in Fiscal Year 2003 |
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$860 million:
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The actual amount of federal funding allocated to diabetes research in Fiscal Year 2003 |
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535:
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The number of senators and representatives in Washington, DC who decide how much federal funding will go towards diabetes research and programs |
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1600:
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Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20500 - the address for President George W. Bush |
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PRICELESS:
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The impact of one message from you to your elected officials, telling them why diabetes research, prevention and healthcare funding should be increased. Log on to diabetes.org/advocacy to get involved. |
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© April 2003 DIABETES ADVOCATE, a publication of the American Diabetes Association |
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