Minorities and Diabetes
Diabetes effects a lot of people in the united states. 15.7 million people have diabetes in the united states. That means that 5.9% of are population has diabetes. 10.3 million people are diagnosed with diabetes and 5.4 million are undiagnosed with diabetes. Unfortunately there are 798,000 new diagnoses a year. Diabetes seems to effect people that are 65 or older the most. 18.4% of people that are 65 or older have diabetes. People that are between the ages 20 and 64 are half as likely to have diabetes as someone older than 65. Also in the united states women are more likely than males to have diabetes. 8.1 million women have diabetes and 7.5 million man have diabetes. With all these tragic statistic some are still wondering what is diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the body doesn't make enough of a hormone called insulin, or the body doesn't use insulin the right way. Insulin is responsible for regulation of blood glucose. Blood glucose is much need because that is what is used to make energy. There are four different types of diabetes. The first type of diabetes is called insulin-dependent mellitus or juvenile onset diabetes. The development of type 1 diabetes is caused by environmental fa
If minorities aren't getting the basic care think about the ones that need to receive special care because they have serous diabetes. End stage renal disease (kidney failure) has a big effect on Latinos. It is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Stroke is another and it is two to four times higher with people that have diabetes rather than people who don't have diabetes. This form of diabetes is most effected to American Indians, Hispanics/Latinos Americans, African Americans, and someone with family history of diabetes. They are working of four new types of oral medication sulfonylureas, biguanides, alpha-glycosidase inhibitors, and TZD's (Thiazolidinediones). Type 2 diabetes is two times higher in Latinos than non-Latinos whites. Diabetes also have other complication that are life threatening. 2%-5% of all pregnancies develop Gestational diabetes but it disappears when the pregnancy is over. African American African Americans have the biggest problem and that is 13% of all African Americans have diabetes but of those 1/3 don't even know that they have diabetes. Another big problem for African Americans is the number of diabetics has tripled in the last thirty years and it is steal rising. The rates of illness and death related to the complications of diabetes are high, and the disease is ranked as the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. African American are 2 times more likely to have diabetes then non Latino whites. 3-5% of all pregnancies of women with diabetes cause death of new born.
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