A Closer Look on Diabetes | Community Education Pulse Uniform

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Diabetes Facts

• In the year 2012, more than 371 million people had diabetes
  and half of them are undiagnosed.
• 1 in 10 U.S. adults have Type 2 diabetes and 1 in 400
  to 600 children and adolescents have Type 1 diabetes. Furthermore,
  1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in the U.S.
  annually
• The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) even stated that
  if trends continue, 1 in 3 Americans will have diabetes
  by 2050.
• UnitedHealth Group shows that half of Americans could
  have diabetes or pre-diabetes by 2020, costing $3.35 trillion
  over the next decade.
• WHO (World Health Organization) states that diabetes
  will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030.
• $245 billion is the total costs of diagnosed diabetes
  in the US this 2013 ($176 billion for direct medical costs,
  $69 billion in reduced productivity).
• In connection with these cases are the several complications
  such as heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness,
  kidney disease, nervous system disease, amputation, hypertension,
  dental disease and for women, complications of pregnancy.