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 * [|American Diabetes Association]
 * [|Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation]
 * [|Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation]
 * [|Diabetes Research Institute Foundation]

__1st Article__
** Data from the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (the most recent year for which data is available) ** Total: 23.6 million children and adults in the United States—7.8% of the population—have diabetes. Diagnosed: 17.9 million people Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people Pre-diabetes: 57 million people New Cases: 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older each year.

Total prevalence of diabetes
** Under 20 years of age ** ** Age 20 years or older ** ** Age 60 years or older ** ** Men ** ** Women ** **Race and ethnic differences in prevalence of diagnosed diabetes ** After adjusting for population age differences, 2004-2006 national survey data for people diagnosed with diabetes, aged 20 years or older include the following prevalence by race/ethnicity: Among Hispanics rates were: ** Morbidity and Mortality ** ** Deaths ** Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death listed on U.S. death certificates in 2006.  T his ranking is based on the 72,507 death certificates in 2006 in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. According to death certificate reports, diabetes contributed to a total of 233,619 deaths in 2005, <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the latest year for which data on contributing causes of death are available. <span style="font-size: small; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Complications ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Heart disease and stroke ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2004, heart disease was noted on 68% of diabetes-related death certificates among people aged 65 years or older. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2004, stroke was noted on 16% of diabetes-related death certificates among people aged 65 years or older. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes. • The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** High blood pressure ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2003–2004, 75% of adults with self-reported diabetes had blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/80 mmHg, or used prescription medications for hypertension. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Blindness ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults aged 20–74 years. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• Diabetic retinopathy causes <span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">12,000 to 24,000 <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> new cases of blindness each year. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Kidney disease ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, accounting for 44% of new cases in 2005 <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2005, 46,739 people with diabetes began treatment for end-stage kidney disease in the United States and Puerto Rico. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2005, a total of 178,689 people with end-stage kidney disease due to diabetes were living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant in the United States and Puerto Rico. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Nervous system disease (Neuropathy) ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• About <span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">60% to 70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Amputation ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• More than 60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in people with diabetes. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• In 2 <span style="color: #ff0000; line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">004, about 71,000 nontraumatic lower-limb amputations were performed in people with diabetes. <span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Cost of Diabetes ** $174 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2007 <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The American Diabetes Association has created a <span style="color: #3771a4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Diabetes Cost Calculator] that takes the national cost of diabetes data and provides estimates at the state and congressional district level. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Factoring in the additional costs of undiagnosed diabetes, pre-diabetes, and gestational diabetes brings the total cost of diabetes in the United States in 2007 to $218 billion. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• $18 billion for the 6.3 million people with undiagnosed diabetes <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• $25 billion for the 57 million American adults with pre-diabetes <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• $623 million for the 180,000 pregnancies where gestational diabetes is diagnosed <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**<span style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For Additional Information ** <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">These stastics and additional information can be found in the **<span style="color: #3771a4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2007 **, the most recent comprehensive assessment of the impact of diabetes in the United States, jointly produced by the CDC, NIH, ADA, and other organizations.
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">186,300, or 0.22% of all people in this age group have diabetes
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">About 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">About 2 million adolescents aged 12-19 have pre-diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">23.5 million, or 10.7% of all people in this age group have diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">12.2 million, or 23.1% of all people in this age group have diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">12.0 million, or 11.2% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11.5 million, or 10.2% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6.6% of non-Hispanic whites
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">7.5% of Asian Americans
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11.8% of non-Hispanic blacks
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">10.4% of Hispanics
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">8.2% for Cubans
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">11.9% for Mexican Americans
 * <span style="font-size: 0.96em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">12.6% for Puerto Ricans.
 * $116 billion for direct medical costs
 * $58 billion for indirect costs (disability, work loss, premature mortality)

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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't like these numbers? We don't either. <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Join our movement to <span style="color: #3771a4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Stop Diabetes!] <span style="line-height: 18px; margin: 6px 0px 11px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #3771a4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Make a donation to the American Diabetes Association] to help fund leading-edge research that affects the health and well-being of millions of people living with diabetes. Your funds are put to work immediately to support important research efforts and help provide much needed services to people with diabetes.

__Ron Santo Article__
Ron Santo, who battled juvenile diabetes to become a star player with the Chicago Cubs and a radio announcer famously devoted to the perennial losers, lost his life on Thursday. He died of complications of bladder cancer at a hospital in Arizona at the age of 70. "I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18," **Santo told the Chicago Sun-Times in 1990, the New York Times** [|**reported**]**. "I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.** I can still remember the feeling I had when I read the description: Life expectancy of a juvenile insulin-dependent diabetic: 25 years. **It also stated that it would cause blindness, kidney failure and hardening of the arteries.** At that point, I said to myself, 'I'm going to fight this thing and beat it.' That's how badly I wanted to live and be a big league ballplayer."
 * "Ronnie will forever be the heart and soul of Cubs fans," Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement Friday.**
 * Santo, a** nine-time all-star **in his 15-year career, was widely regarded as one of the best players never to make it into the Hall of Fame. The quiet sadness with which he met the news year after year that he hadn't been inducted helped cement his relationship with the fans.**
 * But** simply making it into the Big Leagues represented a personal triumph **for Santo, who was** diagnosed with diabetes in 1959 **on the brink of his debut with the Cubs.**
 * Santo began taking insulin but hid his illness for years, fearing it would derail his career, according to the Times. **
 * The disease did take a heavy toll on Santo. After retirement, he suffered heart attacks and underwent heart and bladder surgery, according to the Times.** His legs were amputated in 2001 and 2002 **.**

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 * But he** remained popular for his fund-raising efforts for diabetes **as well as his work in the radio booth, where he made it clear that nobody rooted harder for the Cubs - and nobody took it harder when they lost.**
 * Santo's groans of "Oh, nooo!" and "It's bad" when something bad happened to the Cubs, sometimes just minutes after he shouting, "YES! YES!" or "ALL RIGHT!" became part of team lore as the "Cubbies" came up short year after year.**