Economic Impact of Diabetes
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in the United States and a leading cause of death. Estimates based on the 1993 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) indicate that diabetes has been diagnosed in 1% of the U.S. population age <45 years, 6.2% of those age 45-64 years, and 10.4% of those age ≥65 years. In other terms, in 1993 an estimated 7.8 million persons in the United States were reported to have this chronic condition, including 1.5 million persons age <45 years, 3.1 million persons age 45-64 years, and 3.2 million persons age ≥65 years. In addition, based on the annual incidence rates for diabetes (see Chapters 3 and 4), it is estimated that about 625,000 new cases of diabetes are diagnosed each year, including 595,000 cases of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and 30,000 cases of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM).
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