NR503 Week 6 - Evaluation of Diabetes as an Epidemiological Problem
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More than 400 milion ofpeople are affected by Diabetes Melitus worldwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC)estimated a 29.1 milion the number of American children and adults with dia... betes (CDC, 2014). The CDC projects an estimateofone-in-threeadultstohavediabetesby 2050.Diabetes imposes a large economic burden on the economy and the healthcaresystem.AmericanDiabetesAssociation(ADA)(2014)estimatedthat diabetesbringapproximately$69bilionlossinproductivityand$176bilionin directmedicalcosts.AccordingtoVirginiaHealthDepartment(2015),755,469 Virginianshavediabetes,that’sabout1outofevery11people.Ofthose755, 469 diabetics,twenty five percentare due to endogenous factors and thirty eightpercenttoexogenousfactors.Virginiahasthe22nd highestdiabetesrate inthenationwithadeathrateof18.4per100,000.Theageadjusteddiabetes deathrateforPrinceWiliam Countyaloneis16.4per100,000.Although diabetescannotbepreventedentirelyduetogeneticsusceptibility,butinmost changes to the environmentand raising awareness wilhelp reduce the occur rence of diabetes in our population and com m unities. This paper w il l discussthebackgroundofdiabetesincluding;definition,description,signsand symptoms,andstatisticsinFlorida,review curentsurveilancemethodsand reporting methods, descriptive epidemiology analysis, screening and prevention,andaplanofactionformeasuringoutcomes. [Show More]
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