Diabetes: Research, Economic Impact, and New Programs, PDF eBook

Diabetes: Research, Economic Impact, and New Programs PDF

Edited by Lisa Primitiva

Part of the Economic Issues, Problems and Perspectives series

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More than 37 million Americans, about one in ten, have diabetes, and another 96 million adults have pre-diabetes.

Diabetes is growing more prevalent, with an estimated one in three Americans expected to develop the disease at some point in their lifetime.

Chapter 1 examines how diabetes affects people of all ages, with a special focus on Americans with Type I diabetes and their families.

Chapter 2 identifies the direct and indirect costs of diabetes on the economy.

Chapter 3 explores new technological discoveries that are already changing the lives of people with Type 1 diabetes.

Chapter 4 describes ED visits made by adults with diabetes, and presents selected characteristics by age.

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