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.

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