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Diabetes in North America and The Caribbean: An update
Diabetes Research and Clinical PracticeVol. 103Issue 2p223–230Published online: December 9, 2013- Samrawit F. Yisahak
- Jessica Beagley
- Ian R. Hambleton
- K.M. Venkat Narayan
- on behalf of the IDF Diabetes Atlas
Cited in Scopus: 36The North America and Caribbean (NAC) Region faces a high burden of diabetes. In 2013, the number of children (aged 0–14 years) with type 1 diabetes was 108,600, with 16.7 new cases diagnosed per 100,000 children. Furthermore, there were 36,755,500 individuals with diabetes (mostly type 2 diabetes) in adults (20–79 years), and an additional 44,277,700 individuals had impaired glucose tolerance. The age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes in adults was 9.6%; the second highest among the seven Regions of the International Diabetes Federation.
