Lime's Polls: diabetes facts

90% of people with Type 2 diabetes are obese
African-Americans and Hispanics have a higher rate of Type 2 diabetes than whites. There's 74 cases per 1,000 for African-Americans, 61 cases for Hispanics and 36 cases for whites
The death rate among African-Americans with diabetes is 27% higher than among whites with diabetes
1 in 3 African-American women between the ages of 65-74 have diabetes
11% of Americans aged 65-74 have diabetes. 20% of them over 75 years old have diabetes and half of them are unaware they have the disease
Half of Hispanics with diabetes regularly visit a dentist compared to 58% of African-Americans and 70% of non-Hispanic whites with diabetes
60-70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage
Every 10 seconds someone dies from diabetes-related causes globally. Every year nearly 3.5 million people in the world die due to diabetes
Diabetes is responsible for 1 million amputations each year, a large percentage of cataracts and at least 5% of blindness worldwide

20.9 million live births were affected by diabetes during pregnancy in 2015 – 1 in 7 births
Diabetes caused 5 million deaths in 2015; every 6 seconds a person dies from diabetes
75% of adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries

20% of obese people don't show signs of the disease. 15% of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are at a normal weight

29.1 million people or 9.3% of the US population have diabetes, including 8.1 million people who have diabetes but haven't yet been diagnosed (All ages, 2012)
60% of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations among people aged 20 years or older occur in people with diagnosed diabetes.
Diabetes was the 7th leading cause of death in the US in 2010
In 2012, the total cost of diabetes in the US was $245 billion

60% of diabetics in the world live in Asia
1 in 3 cigarettes produced around the globe's smoked in China
Average amounts of weekly exercise in Chinese adults decreased by 32% between 1991 and 2006

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