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Diabetes
| Number of deaths (2003)....................................................................................................... |
73,9654 |
| Cause of death rank (2003).................................................................................................... |
6th4 |
| Total number of Americans with diabetes (2002).............................................................. |
18,200,00012 |
| New cases (age 20 and over, 2002)..................................................................................... |
1,300,00012 |
| Total cost................................................................................................................................. |
$132 billion12 |
| Direct medical costs............................................................................................................. |
$92 billion12 |
| Groups more likely to have or die from diabetes13,14,15.................................................. |
Blacks |
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Hispanics |
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AI/ANs |
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