Free diabetes program starts September at Marshall Library
Beginning Monday September 16 and for three Mondays the Fountain Clinic Oaklawn Hospital and Lions Club present a free diabetes program from 6 to 8 pm at the Marshall District Library. Registration is via Fountain Clinic at 269 789 0410. Facilitators include Barb Baggerly and Oaklawn dietician Mary Jo Lakatos.
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Diabetes in the United States 2015 snapshot
The American Diabetes Association reports 2015 figures: 30.3 million Americans with diabetes, 9.4 percent of the population, including 1.25 million with type 1. Of those with diabetes, 23.1 million were diagnosed and 7.2 million undiagnosed. Deaths totaled 79,535 as diabetes listed the underlying cause. Total diabetes-related deaths reached 252,806. Prediabetes affected 84.1 million adults. The 65 plus group stood at 25.2 percent. Youth diagnosed cases around 193,000 under 20, with 17,900 new type 1 and 5,300 type 2 cases in 2011-12. Economic cost reached 327 billion dollars in 2017 with 237 direct medical costs and 90 billion in reduced productivity.
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