U.S. diabetes rates double over the past decade

2008-11-04 14:01:38 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)

Diabetes rate doubles over 10 years, US government review says

Bethesda, Maryland (CaymanMama.com) — The American diabetes epidemic is at a ten-year high, according to the government’s first state-by-state review of new diagnoses.

On Thursday, the review was released showing that the U.S. rate of new diabetes cases has doubled in the past decade, with the highest levels in the South.

Diabetes cases were most abundant in West Virginia, where approximately 13 in 1,000 adults were diagnosed with the disease. Minnesota saw the lowest rates with 5 in 1,000.

Nearly all of the cases were Type 2 diabetes, the type which is mostly linked to weight issues and obesity. The findings clearly reflect the stereotype that the souther U.S. states are the least active and are the heaviest linking them to more cases of heart disease.

“It isn’t surprising the problem is heaviest in the South — no pun intended,” said Matt Petersen, who oversees data and statistics for the American Diabetes Association.

Petersen indicated that thegovernment has pulled this information so as to have a better plan of action and to help health insurers locate the best places to enforce focus prevention campaigns.

The trend is increasing and the statistics are saddening. More than 23 million Americans have diabetes and that number is hastily increasing with nearly 1.6 million new cases diagnosed in adults over the age of 20 last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The report shows that West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Tennessee had the highest rates while Minnesota, Hawaii and Wyoming had the lowest.

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