More than one hundred million adults in the United States have diabetes or prediabetes, according to a report from the disease control and prevention centers (CDC) released today.
The report indicates that in 2015 more than 30 million American adults had diabetes and 84.1 million prediabetes, a condition that, if not treated, can trigger in type 2 diabetes in a period of 5 years.
Although these figures show that the trend has remained stable in recent years, diabetes still constitutes a serious health problem in the United States, where it is the seventh cause of death.
"More than a third of adult Americans have prediabetes and most do not know it. Now, more than ever, we must increase our efforts to reduce the load involved in this serious disease," said the director of the CDC, Brenda Fitzgerald.
The report found that Hispanics are one of the groups with the highest incidence of the disease, with 12.1 % of the total, compared to Asians, with 8.0 % and non -Hispanic whites, with 7.4 %.
The American natives (15.1 %) and African Americans (12.7 %) are the two ethnic groups with the highest incidence of the disease, which is diagnosed in greater proportion in the south and region of the Appalaches in the United States.
Likewise, the disease is more common among men (36.6 %) than in women (29.3 %), a proportion that is similar among all ethnic groups and educational levels, according to the study.
Diabetes can cause serious health complications such as heart disease, blindness, renal failure and amputations of the lower extremities of not controlling through the use of medicines or insulin, a balanced diet and regular physical activity.