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- Title
Diabetes Death Rates Among Youths Aged ≤19 Years-United States, 1968-2009.
- Authors
Saydah, Sharon; Imperatore, Giuseppina; Geiss, Linda; Gregg, Edward
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which reveals that nearly 215,000 persons aged less than 19 years had been diagnosed with diabetes in the U.S. in 2010. It states that the U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) analyzed data from the National Vital Statistics System for deaths in the United States with diabetes during 1968-2009 and found that 61 percent of U.S. citizens died during the period from diabetes. It mentions that deaths caused by diabetes have decreased in recent years due to improved care and treatment. It further presents a table which lists the annual death rates from diabetes from 1968 to 2009.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MORTALITY; DIABETES; DIABETES in adolescence; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; VITAL statistics; TREATMENT of diabetes; PEOPLE with diabetes; DIABETES prevention; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2012, Vol 308, Issue 24, p2558
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2012.91503