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Diabetes and Women: The Statistics
Almost 21 million Americans suffer from some form of diabetes, including 9.7 million women.
One-third of people with diabetes do not know they have it.
Pregnancy brings about the risk of gestational diabetes, which only occurs during pregnancy. 2-5% of pregnancies cause gestational diabetes.
The prevalence of diabetes is 2-4 times as high among African America, Latina, American Indian, and Asian women than among white women.
The risk of diabetes increases with age.
Because of the aging population of women in the US, as well as the increasing percentage of minority women, the rates of diabetes among women is rising.
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