Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which the body does not respond to the effects of the hormone insulin. This ...more »
Broader types of Type 2 diabetes:
Prevalance of Type 2 diabetes: 16 million Americans (NWHIC, includes undiagnosed); 7.2 million (actually diagnosed)
Prevalance Rate of Type 2 diabetes: approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Type 2 diabetes: approximately 798,000 new cases of diabetes annually in USA, most are Type 2 diabetes (CDC-OC)
Incidence Rate of Type 2 diabetes: approx 1 in 340 or 0.29% or 798,000 people in USA [about data]
Worldwide prevalence:
150 million cases worldwide 2002(Integrated Management of Cardiovascular Risk – Report of a WHO Meeting, 2002)
Incidence of Type 2 diabetes: New cases diagnosed per year: 798,000.
(Source: excerpt from Diabetes Statistics in the United States: NIDDK)
Patient Profile for Type 2 diabetes: Typically adults over 40, but recently occurring more commonly in overweight teens.
Profile for Type 2 diabetes: Type 2 diabetes is more common in older people, especially in people who are overweight, and occurs more often in African Americans, American Indians, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic Americans. On average, non-Hispanic African Americans are 1.7 times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites of the same age. Hispanic Americans are nearly twice as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. American Indians have the highest rates of diabetes in the world. Among the Pima Indians living in Arizona, for example, half of all adults have type 2 diabetes. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)
Gender Profile for Type 2 diabetes: Approximately equally in men and women.
Racial Information for Type 2 diabetes: Type II, or Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, affects about 16 million American people. Among African American women, this form of diabetes has reached epidemic proportions; age 20 years or older, the rate is 11.8%. About 1 in 4 black women over the age of 55 years of age has diabetes, nearly twice the rate of white women. (Source: excerpt from DIABETES AND AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: NWHIC)
Complications of Type 2 diabetes:
see complications of Type 2 diabetes
Causes of Type 2 diabetes: see causes of Type 2 diabetes
Cause of Type 2 diabetes: Either poor insulin metabolism in the body (esp. muscles), or reduced pancreas insulin production, or both.
Causes of Type 2 diabetes:
When type 2 diabetes is diagnosed, the pancreas is usually producing
enough insulin, but, for unknown reasons, the body cannot use the insulin
effectively, a condition called insulin resistance. After several years,
insulin production decreases. The result is the same as for type 1
diabetes--glucose builds up in the blood and the body cannot make
efficient use of its main source of fuel.
(Source: excerpt from Diabetes Overview: NIDDK)
Risk factors for Type 2 diabetes:
see
risk factors for Type 2 diabetes
Symptoms of Type 2 diabetes: see symptoms of Type 2 diabetes
Complications of Type 2 diabetes: see complications of Type 2 diabetes
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Type 2 diabetes
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Type 2 diabetes.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Type 2 diabetes.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Type 2 diabetes: Endocrinologist, Internist, Family Practice Physician
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Type 2 diabetes.
Treatments for Type 2 diabetes:
see treatments for Type 2 diabetes
Alternative treatments for Type 2 diabetes:
see alternative treatments for Type 2 diabetes
Prevention of Type 2 diabetes:
see prevention of Type 2 diabetes
Research for Type 2 diabetes:
see research for Type 2 diabetes
Costs of Type 2 diabetes: DCCT researchers estimate that intensive
management doubles the cost of managing diabetes because of increased
visits to a health care professional and the need for more frequent blood
testing at home. However, this cost is offset by the reduction in medical
expenses related to long-term complications and by the improved quality of
life of people with diabetes. (Source: excerpt from Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT): NIDDK)
Cost statistics for Type 2 diabetes:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Type 2 diabetes:
Organs and body systems related to Type 2 diabetes include:
Main name of condition: Type 2 diabetes
Other names or spellings for Type 2 diabetes:Type II Diabetes, Adult Diabetes, Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, NIDDM, Stable Diabetes, Ketosis-resistent diabetes, Adult onset diabetes, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, Diabetes mellitus type 2, NIDDM
Source - Diseases Database
Type II diabetes, NIDDM, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes, Ketosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, Ketosis-resistant diabetes, Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes mellitus, Ketoacidosis-resistant diabetes, Adult-onset diabetes mellitus, Adult-onset diabetes, Maturity-onset diabetes mellitus, Maturity-onset diabetes, Mature-onset diabetes
Source - WordNet 2.1
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