The Evolving Diabetes Burden in the United States

  1. Michael M. Engelgau, MD, MS;
  2. Linda S. Geiss, MS;
  3. Jinan B. Saaddine, MD, MPH;
  4. James P. Boyle, PhD;
  5. Stephanie M. Benjamin, PhD;
  6. Edward W. Gregg, PhD;
  7. Edward F. Tierney, MPH;
  8. Nilka Rios-Burrows, MPH;
  9. Ali H. Mokdad, PhD;
  10. Earl S. Ford, MD;
  11. Giuseppina Imperatore, MD, PhD; and
  12. K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MPH
  1. From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
    1. Figure 1. Data obtained from the 1999 to 2001 National Health Interview Survey estimates projected to 2002 and the 2002 outpatient database of the Indian Health Service.
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        Figure 1. Data obtained from the 1999 to 2001 National Health Interview Survey estimates projected to 2002 and the 2002 outpatient database of the Indian Health Service. Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in people 20 years of age and older by age and race or ethnicity, United States, 2002.
      • Figure 2. Data obtained from the National Health Interview Survey.
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          Figure 2. Data obtained from the National Health Interview Survey. Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and the number of people with diagnosed diabetes in the United States, 1958 to 2000.
        • Figure 3. Data obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System survey.
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            Figure 3. Data obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System survey. Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes (including gestational diabetes) by state in the United States, 1990 to 2001.

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