10.6 MILLION AMERICANS have PHYSICIAN-DIAGNOSED DIABETES* ABOUT: 4.9 million MALES & 5.7 million FEMALES
-In, 1996 DIABETES KILLED 68,399 Americans. 45.5% Males 54.5% Females*
-Two-thirds of people with DIABETES MELLITUS DIE of some form of HEART OR --BLOOD VESSEL DISEASES*
-798,000 NEW CASES OF NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT (TYPE 2) DIABETES ARE DIAGNOSED EVERY YEAR*
An Estimated 5,600,000 Americans have UNDIAGNOSED DIABETES*
*According to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 3, Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, and National center for Health Statistics, American Heart Association |