Epidemiology of Diabetes in the United States: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Management

In this article we will discuss about nursing and below are the summaries point:- In 2015, 30.3 million Americans suffered from diabetes, with higher rates in those aged 65 and above. Type 2 diabetes has a higher prevalence (91%) than Type 1 diabetes (6%). Health education and interventions for diabetes management should be culturally competent and target non-Hispanic populations in the US.

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During the year 2015, 30.3 million Americans suffered from diabetes and this
constitutes 9.4% of the total population (American Diabetes Association, 2019). The rate of
occurrence is higher among the adults who are 65 years of age and above. It is regarded as
one of the leading cause of death in America during 2015. The overall prevalence of Type 2
Diabetes is higher (91%) in comparison to Type 1 Diabetes (6%). Nearly 1.3 million adults in
the U.S are affected with Type 1 Diabetes and 21.0 million U.S adults are affected with Type
2 Diabetes (Bullard et al., 2018). The main victims of the Type 1 Diabetes are non-Hispanic
white adults in comparison to the Hispanic adults. Type 2 diabetes occurrence rate is higher
in the non-Hispanic black adults. The epidemiology data highlighted that vulnerability of
diabetes, is proportional to age. However, people with higher educational qualification, are
assumed to be less vulnerable in comparison to the illiterate people irrespective of their age
(Bullard et al., 2018).
The data of the epidemiology of diabetes is thus helpful in generating targeted
diabetes management intervention. The management of the diabetes over a particular race of
population is mainly directed towards generation or awareness and disease education among
the adults. The disease awareness is generated by providing education in lifestyle
management and diabetes, disease prognosis and the risk factor associated with the diabetes
development. From the epidemiology data, it can be said that main target group of the
diabetes health education on priority is the non- Hispanic population of the U.S (Schmittdiel
et al., 2017). The health education and the interventions must be patient centered that is
education about the diet plan for effective diabetes management must be culturally
competent, giving importance to the special dietary habits of the non-Hispanic population
(Schmittdiel et al., 2017).

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