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Diabetes in the United States,
Texas and Bexar County
15.7 million people (5.9%) of the populations) have diabetes
-diagnosed: 10.3 million
-undiagnosed: 5.4 million
New cases diagnosed each year: 798,000
Studies have found death rates to be twice as high among middle-aged people
with diabetes as among middle-aged people with diabetes.
Based to the death certificate data, diabetes contributed to 193,140 deaths
in 1996.
11.3 million or 7.8 % of all non-Hispanic whites have diabetes.
On average Hispanic/Latino Americans are almost twice as likely to have
diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age.
(Sufficient data are not currently available to derive more specific
estimates.)
2.3 million or 10.8 % of all non-Hispanic African Americans have diabetes.
On average, non-Hispanic African Americans are 1.7 times as likely to have
diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age.
Diabetes was the 7th leading cause of death listed on the United States
death certificates in 1996, according to CDC' National center for Health
Services.
Cost Total (direct and indirect): $ 98 billion (US, 1997)
Direct medical costs: $44 billion
Indirect medical costs: $54 billion (disability, work loss, etc.)
Source: American Diabetes Association/1-800-diabetes or
www.diabetes.org
Diabetes in the state of Texas and San Antonio
Of the 1.2 million diagnosed diabetics in Texas, 10 % live in Bexar County.
Source: Texas Department of Health
From 1989 to 1994 almost 22,000 Texans over the age of 40 were reported to
have died from diabetes. Diabetes is the 5th leading cause of death in Bexar
County.
Source: Texas Diabetes Council
The direct and indirect costs of diabetes in Texas are estimated to be $4
billion.
Source: The Texas Department of Health
125,000 adults in Bexar County have diabetes (both diagnosed and
undiagnosed).
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