24 Million Americans Have Diabetes, CDC Finds

Posted in Diabetes Articles by Connie Bennett on July 1st, 2008
Sad news indeed. A whopping 24 million Americans now have diabetes as of 2007. That's an increase of 3 million people in a mere two years, according to new data released by the CDC. What's more, the CDC estimates, another 57 million people have pre-diabetes, which means they're at risk of developing full-blown diabetes. Interestingly though, one positive bit of news exists amidst the scary statistics: The number of people who have diabetes but don't it has dropped slightly -- from 30% to 25%. Of course, finding out that you have the disease is the first step so that you...

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