Making a Difference

Researching about Endocrinologist and diabetes was not just for this project, but to expand my knowledge on this disease and the ways people handle it. Without having this project I would not have known nearly as much information as I do now.The majority of this project was easy, but some was difficult. For example, the finding paragraphs was the hardest portion of this project and I did not like it. I did have some complications with completeing each post due to not being able to access certain sites at school and not being able to access certain sites at home. Although I had some complications with this project I enjoyed creating my animoto, because I was fascinated on how I could just enter a few things and the device would create the video for me; I loved this. If I had to do this project again I would not do anything different, because I feel that I provided a lot of logical, interesting information that will make a difference in everyone lives.

Save a Life, become an Endocrinologist!

I have bolded diabetes, Endocrinologist, life, and death because those are the four words that basically sum up my project. When being diagnosed with diabetes, type 1 or type 2, your life will change forever. Well at this time an Endocrinologist can help you get through this disease and you can live a healthy life. When not taking care of yourself properly with this disease it can result to death. No one wants diabetes, but many people have it. Help save a life by becoming an Endocrinologist.

Resources Beyond the Knowledge

Caushi, Richard. "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the United States." National
     Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
     <http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14504>.
"Charleston/ Spartanburg Fact Sheet ." The Diabetes Ten City Challenge . gsk,
 n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. <http://www.diabetestencitychallenge.com/
 index.php?/factsheets/charleston>.

Stewart, Andrew F. "The United States Endocrinology Workforce: A Supply-Demand 

"Death among People with Diabetes, United States, 2007." National Diabetes 
     Statistics, 2011. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
     <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/>.

"Diabetes Education." Medline Plus. A.D.A.M quality , n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.
     <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003996.htm>.

Diabetic Monitor . N.d. WWW.onewellnessplace.com . N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2011.  <http://www.onewellnessplace.com/wp-content/uploads/Diabetic monitor.jpg>.

Lenwai, Noah Alexander. "I am Noah and I Need Diabetic Alert Dog." Dog for Noah.  David Allen, 21 Mar. 2011. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.
                            <http://www.dogfornoah.com/>.

     Mismatch." Special Feature Commentary . N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
     <http://www.endo-society.org/advocacy/legislative/upload/
     A-Stewart-US-Endo-Workforce-A-Supply-Demand-Mismatch.pdf>.

Network, VeriMed Healthcare. Pub Med Health. March 2011 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001350/>.

 "New cases of Diagnosed Diabetes among People Younger than 20 Years of Age, United States, 2002-2005." NDIC. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.       <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/#Racial>.

Potential years of Life lost Because of Diabetes per 100,000 population. N.d.

 Just Thinking... Ralph , n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. <http://www.just thinking.com/2010_04_01_archive.html>

Rate of new cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among youth ages younger than 20 years, by race/ethnicity, 2002-2005 . N.d. National Diabetes information 

   clearinghouse. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2011.  <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/>.

"The cost of Diabetes ." American Diabetes Association. Stop Diabetes , n.d.   Web. 4 Apr. 2011. <http://www.diabetes.org/advocate/resources/cost-of-diabetes.html>.

Wordle. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2011. <http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-1/ ?utm_source=Homepage&utm_medium=ContentPage&utm_ content=type1&utm_campaign=TDT>.

sources, sources, and more sources..

Finding sources was difficult, but I managed to get everything I needed. When researching prices I got many different answers, but they all were for some different necessity. The prices I saw were in the thousands, some millions, and even billions just for one year! The source that was most successful for me was    http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/index.htm because it had almost everything I needed to get good statistics. This source was also very trustworthy. The source that seemed to present the most obvious bias to me was <http://www.endo-society.org/advocacy/legislative/upload/A-Stewart-US-Endo-Workforce-A-Supply-Demand-Mismatch.pdf>. I feel this because he was explaining a lot of facts about diabetes, which is good, but they were upsetting. He also kept on restating things so it made me feel like he wanted to get that point across to his readers. My research got really hard when it came to the finding paragraphs; those are definitely not my favorite thing to do.  

The astonishing findings of a diabetic

This project has helped me so much in learning about Endocrinologist and diabetes. If we were never assigned this I would probably not want to become an Endocrinologist as much as I do. I find it surprising that 99% of the United States has lives lost due to diabetes, but people are not taking an interest in this. An important fact I learned was insurance companies are attempting to not cover some of the necessities diabetics need. Think about how much more diabetes will cost if they do this; the price is already at $174 billion as of 2007. I still wonder if scientists have successfully created an artificial pancreas, because within my research I found that their success is undetermined. I hope that more people take an interest in diabetes and everything that connects to it, so we as a whole can be more knowledgeable about this disease.

Which type of Diabetes is more common within children?

Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are both an unwanted disease, but type 1 is worse than type 2. Children under 10 years old are more likely to get type 1 diabetes rather than type 2. Children 10-19 years old are likely to get type 2 diabetes instead of type 1 (NIDDK). Why are so many children getting diabetes and why is type 1 so popular?

Since diabetes is common in the United States and more common for different ethnics I have found information on some ethnics. After adjusting for population age differences, 2007–2009 national survey data for people ages 20 years or older indicate that 7.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites, 8.4 percent of Asian Americans, 11.8 percent of Hispanics/ Latinos, and 12.6 percent of non-Hispanic blacks had diagnosed diabetes. Among Hispanics/Latinos, rates were 7.6 percent for both Cuban Americans and for Central and South Americans, 13.3 percent for Mexican Americans, and 13.8 percent for Puerto Ricans (NIDDK).

During 2002–2005, 15,600 youth were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes annually, and 3,600 youth were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes annually. Among youth ages younger than 10 years, the rate of new cases was 19.7 per 100,000 each year for type 1 diabetes and 0.4 per 100,000 for type 2 diabetes. Among youth ages 10 years or older, the rate of new cases was 18.6 per 100,000 each year for type 1 diabetes and 8.5 per 100,000 for type 2 diabetes. Non-Hispanic white youth had the highest rate of new cases of type 1 diabetes—24.8 per 100,000 per year among those younger than 10 years and 22.6 per 100,000 per year among those ages 10–19 years. Type 2 diabetes was extremely rare among youth ages younger than 10 years. While still infrequent, rates were greater among youth ages 10–19 years than in younger children, with higher rates among U.S. minority populations than in non-Hispanic whites. Among non-Hispanic white youth ages 10–19 years, the rate of new cases was higher for type 1 than for type 2 diabetes. For Asian/Pacific Islander Americans and American Indian youth ages 10–19 years, the opposite was true—the rate of new cases was greater for type 2 than for type 1 diabetes. Among non-Hispanic black and Hispanic/Latino youth ages 10–19 years, the rates of new cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes were similar (NIDDK). Within just 3 years 15,600 people were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Rate of new cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among youth ages younger than 20 

    years, by race/ethnicity, 2002-2005 . N.d. National Diabetes information 

   clearinghouse. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2011. 

   <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/>.

 "New cases of Diagnosed Diabetes among People Younger than 20 Years of Age, 

     United States, 2002-2005." NDIC. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.       <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/#Racial>.

Why does diabetes cost so much?

The estimated cost of diabetes in 2007 was $174 billion dollars. This includes: $116 billion in excess medical expenditures and $58 billion in reduced national productivity, $27 billion for care to directly treat diabetes, $58 billion to treat the portion of diabetes-related chronic complications that are attributed to diabetes, $31 billion in excess general medical cost (Richard Cauchi) and (NUVO). The national cost of diabetes in the U.S. in 2007 exceeds $174 billion. This estimate includes $116 billion in excess medical expenditures attributed to diabetes, as well as $58 billion in reduced national productivity. People with diagnosed diabetes, on average, have medical expenditures that are approximately 2.3 times higher than the expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes. Approximately $1 in $10 health care dollars is attributed to diabetes. Indirect costs include increased factors such as absenteeism, reduced productivity, and lost productive capacity due to early mortality (ADA).

Diabetes is extremely expensive and yes cost may vary, but how could insurance companies think about not covering some materials which would make the prices go up even more?

Caushi, Richard. "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the United States." National
     Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011.
     <http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=14504>.

"The cost of Diabetes ." American Diabetes Association. Stop Diabetes , n.d.
     Web. 4 Apr. 2011. <http://www.diabetes.org/advocate/resources/       cost-of-diabetes.html>.

Many people die from diabetes, but how can this change if more people would take an interest in this job?

Diabetes: an extreme illness that causes many people to get tremendously sick or even die. Multiple people within the United States lose their lives− to be exact 99% of every 100,000 people. New Zealand, second in line, has 64% lives lost (Ralph). As you can see the United States bar is much higher than the other countries, how can we bring this number down?

Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death based on U.S. death certificates in 2007. This ranking is based on the 71,382 death certificates in 2007 in which diabetes was the underlying cause of death. Diabetes was a contributing cause of death in an additional 160,022 death certificates for a total of 231,404 certificates in 2007 in which diabetes appeared as any listed cause of death. Diabetes is likely to be under reported as a cause of death. Studies have found that about 35 to 40 percent of decedents with diabetes had it listed anywhere on the death certificate and about 10 to 15 percent had it listed as the underlying cause of death. Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar age, but without diabetes (NDDK). Diabetes is a tremendous cause of death− the fact that doctors are not noticing this is scary.

23.6 million people, that is 7.8% of the U.S. population, have diabetes. Of those people 17.9 million have been diagnosed and 5.7 million have not. In 2007, 1.6 million new cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people aged 20 years or older (Caren Evans).

7,000-10,000 positions are available for clinically trained M.D. Endocrinologist in the United States (Andrew Stewart). If everyone is so concerned about diabetes then why are there over 7,000 positions open for specialist to help diabetics?  These numbers are outrages; we could use as many specialists as possible to help diabetics.

Potential years of Life lost Because of Diabetes per 100,000 population. N.d.

                      Just Thinking... Ralph , n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. <http://www.just-thinking.com/2010_04_01_archive.html>

"Death among People with Diabetes, United States, 2007." National Diabetes 
     Statistics, 2011. NIDDK, n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. 
     <http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/>.

"Charleston/ Spartanburg Fact Sheet ." The Diabetes Ten City Challenge . gsk, 
     n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. <http://www.diabetestencitychallenge.com/ 
     index.php?/factsheets/charleston>.

Stewart, Andrew F. "The United States Endocrinology Workforce: A Supply-Demand 
     Mismatch." Special Feature Commentary . N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Apr. 2011. 
     <http://www.endo-society.org/advocacy/legislative/upload/ 
     A-Stewart-US-Endo-Workforce-A-Supply-Demand-Mismatch.pdf>.