Number of Patients with Diabetes Climbs to 24 Million

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 06/25/2008 - 10:09

ATLANTA -- The prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. in 2007 was estimated at 23.6 million cases -- or 7.8% of the population -- an increase of three million cases since 2005, according to the CDC.


 

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