Sexy Diabetic

Ethnic Stats

What is considered non Caucasian?

• Native Americans
• Hispanics
• African-Americans
• Alaska Natives
• Pacific Islanders
• Asian-Americans

A excellent resource for ethnic stats on diabetics is the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC).

To know your state’s health facts about diabetes go to Statehealthfacts.com  click here

It is a known fact that non – Caucasian groups are developing Type 2 diabetes at  alarming rates.  Ethnic groups do have the ability to develop Type 1 and other forms of diabetes but at lower rates. The reasons why people of specific ethnicities are at greater risk of type 2 diabetes are complicated and not fully understood.

• Minorities are apt to be depressed about their situation.

• Minorities are likely not to follow a regime to help their diabetes.

• Minorities are more likely to have amputations and go blind.
• Despite being thinner, Asian Americans are more likely than whites to have type diabetes 2 — and the problem is growing.

• Minorities are more likely not to be aware of how diabetes will affect them.
• Chinese Americans notably have a higher than the rate of diabetes than the Chinese population living in rural China.

• Most testing and analysis are done on While males instead of a inclusive grouping.
•  American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.2 times higher to develop diabetes compared with non-Hispanic whites.

• Racial differences are to be celebrated and degraded.  There is nothing wrong with being a little different.
• Indians (Native Americans) , on the average, are twice as likely to die from complications of diabetes than non-Indians.

• The prevalence of diabetes varies among tribes, bands, pueblos, and villages, and ranges from <5% to 50% for diagnosed diabetes.
•  Studies show that rates of diabetes are higher in Japanese Americans living in the U.S. compared to Japanese living in Japan.

• Japanese Americans, who are well acculturated in the mainstream American lifestyle, still have higher diabetes rates compared with Caucasians, suggesting genetics to also be an important factor.

• According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,  ethnic groups have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Death rates for people with diabetes are 27 percent higher for blacks compared with whites.
• For every six white Americans who have diabetes, 10 African Americans have diabetes.

•  Diabetes is particularly common among middle-aged and older adults and among African American women. Among African Americans age 50 years or older, 19 percent of men and 28 percent of women have diabetes.
•  African Americans with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes complications and experience greater disability from the complications than white Americans with diabetes.

• Diabetes is two to three times more common in Mexican American and Puerto Rican adults than in non-Hispanic whites. The prevalence of diabetes in Cuban Americans is lower, but still higher than that of non-Hispanic whites.