Diabetic Rentinopathy is a compliacation of diabetes and leading cause of blindness.
Approximately 72,0000 or 6.8 % of Idaho adults are being told they have diabetes by a doctor.
Most Idahoans are diagnosed at the age 51
Age 20 yrs or older: 20.6 million; 9.6% of all people in this age group have diabetes
Age 60 yrs or older: 10.3 million; 20.9 % of all people in this age group have diabetes.
Women: 9.7 million; 8.8% of all Women age 20 yrs or older have diabetes
People with type 2 diabetes who participate in group diabetes education program show measurable improvement and requires less medication. They also may reduce their blood pressure and body weight.
People with diabetes are 2-4 time more likely to have heart disease or suffer a stroke than people without diabetes
Idahoans with diabetes were almost three times as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as Idahoans without diabetes.
Adults with diabetes were almost twice as likely to have high cholesterol that adults without diabetes
People who manage their diabetes stay healthier. Maintaining normal blood sugar prevents diabetes complications: blindness, heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and amputation.
There are 23.6 million people in the United States, or 8% of the population, who have diabetes. The total prevalence of diabetes increased 13.5% from 2005-2007. Only 24% of diabetes is undiagnosed, down from 30% in 2005 and from 50% ten years ago.
The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2007 was estimated to be $174 billion. Medical expenditures totaled $116 billion and were comprised of $27 billion for diabetes care, $58 billion for chronic diabetes-related complications, and $31 billion for excess general medical costs.
Diabetic retinopathy causes 12,000 to 24,000 new cases of blindness each year making diabetes the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20-74 years of age.
In people with type 1 diabetes, therapy that keeps blood sugar levels as close to normal as possible reduces damage to the eyes by 76% (New England Journal of Medicine, September 30, 1993). Experts believe that these results can also be applied to those with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, accounting for 44% of new cases in 2005.
In 2002, a total of 178,689 people with ESRD due to diabetes were living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant.
About 60% to 70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. The results of such damage include impaired sensation or pain in the feet or hands, slowed digestion of food in the stomach, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other nerve problems.
Almost 30% of people with diabetes aged 40 years or older have impaired sensation in the feet (i.e., at least one area that lacks feeling).
Severe forms of diabetic nerve disease are a major contributing cause of lower-extremity amputations.
More than 60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in people with diabetes.
The rate of amputation for people with diabetes is 10 times higher than for people without diabetes.
Persons with poorly controlled diabetes (A1c > 9%) were nearly 3 times more likely to have severe periodontitis than those without diabetes.
Periodontal (gum) disease is more common in people with diabetes. Among young adults, those with diabetes have about twice the risk of those without diabetes.
23.6 million Americans have diabetes — 7.8 percent of the U.S. population. Of these, 5.7 million do not know they have the disease.
Poorly controlled diabetes before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy can cause major birth defects in 5% to 10% of pregnancies and spontaneous abortions in 15% to 20% of pregnancies.
Uncontrolled diabetes often leads to biochemical imbalances that can cause acute life-threatening events, such as diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar (nonketotic) coma
People with diabetes are more susceptible to many other illnesses and, once they acquire these illnesses, often have worse prognoses. For example, they are more likely to die with pneumonia or influenza than people who do not have diabetes.
Persons with diabetes aged 60 years or older are 2-3 times more likely to report an inability to walk one-quarter of a mile, climb stairs, or do housework, or to use a mobility aid compared with persons without diabetes in the same age group.
Having type 1 diabetes increases your risk for many serious complications. Some complications of type 1 diabetes include: heart disease (cardiovascular disease), blindness (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy), and kidney damage (nephropathy). Learn more about these complications and how to cope with them.
Self-management education or training is a key step in improving health
outcomes and quality of life. It focuses on self-care behaviors, such as
healthy eating, being active, and monitoring blood sugar. It is a
collaborative process in which diabetes educators help people with or at
risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and problem-solving and coping
skills needed to successfully self-manage the disease and its related
conditions
As many as 3 million Americans may have type 1 diabetes.
Each year more than 15,000 children are diagnosed with diabetes in the U.S. That's 40 children per day.
It is estimated that 57 million adults aged 20 and older have pre-diabetes. Pre-diabetes is a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be called diabetes. Studies have shown that by losing weight and increasing physical activity people can prevent or delay pre-diabetes from progressing to diabetes.
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates.
The overall risk for death among people with diabetes is about double that of people without diabetes.
Total health care and related costs for the treatment of diabetes run about $174 billion annually.
Up to 80% of type 2 diabetes is preventable by adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity.
Diabetes is a Silent Killer Many people first become aware that they have diabetes when they develop one of its life-threatening complications.