Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes and CV Disease
Minority Diabetes Reports Friday, December 7th, 2012ACC: 11/27/12
Over the last several decades, the U.S. has made substantial progress in overall cardiovascular health and reducing health disparities, but ongoing racial/ethnic, economic, and other social disparities in health are both unacceptable and correctable. Combating diabetes is an example of one such issue.
Diabetes is an urgent public health issue, especially for African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, and certain other minority populations. National data from 2007-2009 revealed that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in non-Hispanic black adults was the greatest at 12.6 percent, with Hispanics closely following at 11.8 percent, followed by Asian Americans at 11.1 percent and non-Hispanic whites at 8.4 percent, respectively. Other groups with high rates of diabetes include American Indians, South Asians and Americans of Middle Eastern descent. Read More