Diabetes Flashcards
25.8 million; 8.3%
How many people have diabetes in the US? What percent of the population is this?
3-Jan
What ratio of those with diabetes are undiagnosed?
79 million
How many people are in the prediagnosed stage of diabetes?
7th
(Blank) #th leading cause of death
Blindness, end stage renal disease
What are two symptoms of which diabetes is the leading cause, from the notes?
2-4x
If you have diabetes, how much more likely are you to have heart disease or a stroke?
9th
Kentucky is (blank)th in nation for number of adults with diabetes
7%
What percent of adult kentuckians are diagnosed with “prediabetes”?
Body does not make enough insulin; insulin does not work correctly
What are two physiological causes of diabetes?
5-10%
What percent of those with diabetes have type 1?
2-Jan
What ratio of new cases of type 1 diabetes are in those under the age of 20?
Immune system mistakenly destroys beta cells of pancreas
Physiological cause of type 1 diabetes
90-95%
What percent of those with diabetes have type 2?
Genetics, age, obesity, lifestyle
What four factors cause type 2 diabetes?
Fasting plasma glucose
Measures amount of glucose in blood after 8-10 hour fast