A Study On Type 2 Diabetes

151,000 people below the age of 20 years have diabetes (CDC, 2009). There has been an

While only 7.6 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 9 percent of Asian-Americans have diabetes, 12.8 percent of Hispanics have diabetes. Other high-risk ethnic groups are non-Hispanic blacks (13.2 percent) and American Indians/Alaskan Natives (15.9 percent). For Hispanics living in the United States, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is lower in those coming from Central and South America (8.5 percent) or Cuba (9.3 percent), but higher for those who are Mexican American (13.9 percent) and Puerto Rican (14.8 percent), who comprise the majority of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S. (Valencia, Oropesa-Gonzalez, Hogue & Florez,

African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives living in N.D are twice as likely to have diabetes than Whites.

The impact of diabetes on African Americans is disproportionate. An estimated four million of African Americans with the age of twenty and above are diabetic. They are more prone to have diabetes as compared to non-Hispanic whites. Once an African American reaches the age of 65,

Type 2 Diabetes is common among Native American/American Indian children than non hispanic whites. The risk for developing type 2 diabetes is 2.2 times higher in Native Americans than non hispanic whites. Among Native Americans and Alaska Natives, ninety-five percent have type 2 diabetes and its estimated thirty percent have pre-diabetes (Treatment and Care for American Indians/Alaska Natives 2014). Type 2 diabetes leads to further complications like Cardiovascular disease, the number one cause of death in the United States. Cardiovascular disease is three to four times more more likely to develop in Native Americans with type 2 diabetes. According to CDC (Publishing Date), one in two Native Americans/Alaska Native children who were born in 2000 will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime (McLaughlin, 2010).

Type II Diabetes in African Americans is a major health disparity that is growing every day and needs to be understood more. According to the American Diabetes Association, African Americans are 1.7 times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites (American Diabetes Association). Why is that? Scientist have been extensively trying to answer this question with various studies and experiments. Though it is not yet fully understood, small achievements have been made and answers are constantly being searched for. Testing and early diagnosis, primary prevention, access to care for everyone and improving that quality of care will make a difference in the number of casualties and people being affected in the African American community.

Over the past 30 years, the rate of diabetes in African American populations has tripled. Prevalence of diabetes in adults is 1.4 times as frequent in African Americans as in Caucasians. The increased prevalence is not dependent on gender.2 Additionally, nearly half of adults who meet the criteria for

According to the diabetes risk test I am at low risk for type 1 or 2 diabetes. Although, I am at low risk, there are people in my extended family who have one or the other. An individual’s ethnicity plays a role as a risk for type 2 diabetes. Statistics from the American Diabetes Association shows that 12.7% of African American adults are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. My current lifestyle puts me less at risk of type 2 diabetes, only because I take care of myself by trying to eat right, being physically active and I also get checked every few years to make sure I’m still at low risk. Along with that even though diabetes is common in my extended family, it’s not common in my immediate family so I believe that also has an impact on my risk.

Type 2 diabetes is a very well known disease throughout the US. There are about 27 million people in the US with the disease and 86 million others have prediabetes which means their blood glucose is not right but also not high enough to be diabetes yet. 208,000 people under the age of twenty have been diagnosed with either Type 1 or 2 Diabetes.

Among the races the Indians showed the highest prevalence of 19.9 percent, the malys 11.9 percent and last the Chinese showing 11.4 percent. Lecthuman ET .al (2010). In America diabetes is one of the major killers among African Americans today. 4.9 million African-American adults, or 18.7% of all African Americans ≥ 20 years of age, have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, compared to 7.1% of non-Hispanic white

According to CDC.gov, in the year 2014 there were 29.1 million living with diabetes, 11.2 million were older adults. 5% of adults with diabetes have type 1. Type 1 diabetes occurs when beta cells in the pancreas is destroyed. When this happens the hormone that lowers blood glucose levels is destroyed. Those living with type 1 diabetes use inject insulin into their body, or use a pump. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 95% of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is an insulin resistance disease that causes the muscles, liver, and fat tissues not to use insulin in the way that it should. Type 2 diabetes is more common among older adults, and for those who have a family history of diabetes. The people most at risk for type 2 diabetes are: African Americans, Latinos, and Hispanics. The symptoms of diabetes are: the constant urge to go to the restroom, always feeling hungry,

Many ethnic minorities in Europe have a higher type 2 diabetes prevalence than their host European populations. The risk size varies among ethnic groups, but the degree of differences in the various ethnic minority groups as of yet is not systematically quantified (Meeks et al.2015). Meeks et al. (2015) carried out a meta-analysis of published data on T2D in different ethnic minority populations resident in Europe in comparison to their host European populations. In this study the ethnic minorities were classified into five populations by geographical origin: South Asian (SA), Sub-Saharan African (SSA), Middle Eastern and North America (MENA), South and Central American (SCA), and Western Pacific (WP). Compared with host populations, SA origin populations had the highest odds for T2D,

To talk about the diabetic epidemic African Americans, Native Americans and Latinos and not include its companion obesity only paints half of the full picture (Lombard, Forster-Cox and Smeal) (Oregon Department of Human Services). The diabetes targeted in this discussion is type 2. Type 1 diabetes is genetically derived; it is the body’s inability to produce insulin (American Diabetes Association). This type usually affects children and young adults. Type 2 is caused by unhealthy eating and lifestyle choices over a period of time. This type usually is characteristic of older adults, but lately has been seen in older children (Oregon Department of Human Services). This problem is personal for me, as I have recently been diagnosed with

     According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, about 17 million Americans have diabetes and every year about 1 million more age 20 or older are diagnosed with the disorder. People who are overweight, do not exercise, and are 30 years or older are more likely to get the disease (especially type 2 diabetes). People who are also of African American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, Alaskan

The prevalence of diabetes Mellitus among African American are escalating on an alarming rate in the past 30 years and the rate has quadrupled. African Americans are 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than the Caucasians, with individuals 20 years and older accounting to 10.8% of all individuals with diabetes (CDC, 2015). A comparison of rates of diagnosis of diabetes mellitus by ethnic and race disclosed that in 2010 by the American Diabetes Association reported that the African Americans accounted for 13.2% of 29.1 million Americans with diabetes followed by Hispanics (12.8%), Asians (9.0%), and the non-Hispanic whites having the least rate (7.6%) (ADA, 2014).