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About Diabetes - Facts, Treatment and Prevention
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About Diabetes: Facts/treatment/prevention/complications
Diabetes affects 8.3% of the population. That's 25.8 million people.
7 million people are undiagnosed, while 18.8 million are diagnosed
Affected ages:
- U.S. residents over 65: 10.9 million
- U.S. residents under 20: 215,000
- Total U.S. residents over 20: 25.6 million
Treatment:
- 12% use only insulin
- 58% use only oral medication
- 14% use insulin and oral medication
- 16% use no medication
Prevention:
Preventative steps can be taken to avoid potential complications from diabetes
- Glucose control: Lowering average blood sugar percentages can result in 40% less eye, kidney and nerve disease complications
- Blood pressure control: Blood pressure control reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) among people with diabetes by 33% to 50%
- Blood Lipid Control: Improved control of LDL cholesterol can reduce cardiovascular complications by 20% to 50%
- Eyes and kidneys: Laser therapy reduces severe vision loss by 50-60% and lowering blood pressure can reduce the decline in kidney function by 30-70%
Complications:
Uncontrolled diabetes can often result in many associated complications.
- 68% of diabetes-related deaths had heart disease as a factor
- 28.5% of people with diabetes over 40 had damage to their retina
- 44% of all new cases of kidney failure are related to diabetes
- 60-70% of people with diabetes have some form of nerve damage
- 60% or more of non-traumatic lower limb amputations involved diabetes
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