Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition

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Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition

Aug. 2018

Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition, is a compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, clinical, and clinical trial data on diabetes and its complications in the United States. It was published by NIDDK during 2016–2018. The intended audience is the wide range of individuals in the research community, clinicians, health policy makers, and individuals with diabetes, as well as their caregivers and family members. The compendium is also available on the National Library of Medicine's Bookshelf which expands access to the scientific community through its link to PubMed .

Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition, contains 42 chapters organized into three areas:

Section I: Spectrum of Diabetes : Descriptive epidemiology of diabetes in the United States based on national surveys and community-based studies, including prevalence and incidence; sociodemographic, metabolic, and lifestyle characteristics; genetics and risk factors for developing diabetes; and unique aspects of diabetes in younger and older populations, and in pregnant women (chapters 1–16)
Section II: Complications of Diabetes and Related Conditions : The myriad complications that affect patients with diabetes, including mortality (chapters 17–36)
Section III: Prevention and Medical Care for Diabetes : Clinical trials and studies to prevent diabetes; medication use and self-care practices, health care utilization, and quality of care; and economic aspects including health insurance and health care costs (chapters 37–42)

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Chapter PDFs and figures
Additional information (including blog posts and fact sheet)

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Diabetes in America, 3rd Edition

Editors: Catherine C. Cowie, Sarah Stark Casagrande, Andy Menke, Michelle A. Cissell, Mark S. Eberhardt, James B. Meigs, Edward W. Gregg, William C. Knowler, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Dorothy J. Becker, Frederick L. Brancati, Edward J. Boyko, William H. Herman, Barbara V. Howard, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Marian Rewers, and Judith E. Fradkin.

PMID: 33651524

DIA_Cover.pdf (287.56 KB)
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DIA_Preface.pdf (70.27 KB)
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DIA_SteeringCommittee.pdf (462.84 KB)
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DIA_EditorialBoard.pdf (468.58 KB)
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DIA_Authors_508_V2.pdf (119.33 KB)
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DIA_ExternalReviewers.pdf (72.77 KB)
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DIA_Chapters_508.pdf (503.85 KB)
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Section I: Spectrum of Diabetes

DIA_Ch01.pdf (1.17 MB)
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Saul M. Genuth, MD, Jerry P. Palmer, MD, and David M. Nathan, MD

DIA_Ch01_Figures.zip (1.9 MB)
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PMID: 33651569
DIA_Ch02.pdf (1.32 MB)
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Giuseppina Imperatore, MD, PhD, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, PhD, Trevor J. Orchard, MD, and Victor W. Zhong, PhD

DIA_Ch02_Figures.zip (653.7 KB)
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PMID: 33651561
DIA_Ch03.pdf (5.82 MB)
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Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH, Sarah Stark Casagrande, PhD, and Linda S. Geiss, MA

DIA_Ch_03_Figures.zip (6.31 MB)
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PMID: 33651562
DIA_Ch04.pdf (792.12 KB)
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Boyd E. Metzger, MD, and Thomas A. Buchanan, MD

DIA_Ch04_Figures.zip (161.48 KB)
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PMID: 33651565
DIA_Ch05_V2.pdf (2.47 MB)
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John L. Kitzmiller, MD, MS, Assiamira Ferrara MD, PhD, Tiffany Peng, MA, Michelle A. Cissell, PhD, and Catherine Kim, MD, MPH
PMID: 33651557
DIA_Ch06.pdf (648.13 KB)
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Gregory P. Forlenza, MD, Antoinette Moran, MD, and Brandon Nathan, MD

DIA_Ch06_Figures.zip (454.82 KB)
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PMID: 33651540
DIA_Ch07.pdf (2.5 MB)
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Mark A. Sperling, MD, and Abhimanyu Garg, MD

DIA_Ch07_Figures.zip (7.96 MB)
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PMID: 33651552
DIA_Ch08.pdf (6.59 MB)
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Mark S. Eberhardt, PhD, Sarah Stark Casagrande, PhD, and Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH

DIA_Ch08_Figures.zip (1.97 MB)
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PMID: 33651553
DIA_Ch09.pdf (1.59 MB)
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Andy Menke, PhD, William C. Knowler, MD, DrPH, and Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH

DIA_Ch09_Figures.zip (4.21 MB)
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PMID: 33651536
DIA_Ch10.pdf (2.98 MB)
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Rachel P. Ogilvie, MPH, Azadeh Zabetian, MD, Ali H. Mokdad, PhD, and K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA

DIA_Ch10_Figures.zip (764.22 KB)
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PMID: 33651547
DIA_Ch11.pdf (1.96 MB)
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Marian Rewers, MD, PhD, Lars C. Stene, PhD, and Jill M. Norris, MPH, PhD

DIA_Ch11_Figures.zip (751.05 KB)
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PMID: 33651530
DIA_Ch12.pdf (2.2 MB)
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Stephen S. Rich, PhD, Henry Erlich, PhD, and Patrick Concannon, PhD

DIA_Ch12_Figures.zip (3.02 MB)
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PMID: 33651545
DIA_Ch13.pdf (1.84 MB)
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Sylvia H. Ley, PhD, RD, Matthias B. Schulze, DrPH, Marie-France Hivert, MD, MMSc, James B. Meigs, MD, MPH, and Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD

DIA_Ch13_Figures.zip (3.42 MB)
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PMID: 33651531
DIA_Ch14.pdf (1.27 MB)
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Jose C. Florez, MD, PhD, Miriam S. Udler, MD, PhD, and Robert L. Hanson, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch14_Figures.zip (1.88 MB)
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PMID: 33651556
DIA_Ch15.pdf (2 MB)
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Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH, and William C. Knowler, MD, DrPH

DIA_Ch15_Figures.zip (846.91 KB)
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PMID: 33651555
DIA_Ch16_V2.pdf (2.93 MB)
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Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS, and Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, FACP

DIA_Ch16_Figures.zip (789.54 KB)
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DIA_Ch16_UpdateHistory.pdf (326.5 KB)
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PMID: 33651542

Section II: Complications of Diabetes and Related Conditions

DIA_Ch17.pdf (1.92 MB)
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Arleta Rewers, MD, PhD

DIA_Ch17_Figures.zip (325.11 KB)
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PMID: 33651551
DIA_Ch18.pdf (1.07 MB)
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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD, Deborah Wingard, PhD, Nathan Wong, PhD, and Ron Goldberg, MD

DIA_Ch18_Figures.zip (598.89 KB)
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PMID: 33651559
DIA_Ch19.pdf (493.93 KB)
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Aleksandra Pikula, MD, Barbara V. Howard, PhD, and Sudha Seshadri, MD

DIA_Ch19_Figures.zip (1.78 MB)
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PMID: 33651535
DIA_Ch20.pdf (3.47 MB)
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Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH, Matilde Monteiro-Soares, DPM, PhD, and Stephanie G.B. Wheeler, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch20_Figures.zip (3.76 MB)
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PMID: 33651539
DIA_Ch21.pdf (1.53 MB)
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Ronald Klein, MD, MPH, and Barbara E. K. Klein, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch21_Figures.zip (1.66 MB)
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PMID: 33651534
DIA_Ch22.pdf (7.51 MB)
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Meda E. Pavkov, MD, PhD, Allan J. Collins, MD, Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, and Robert G. Nelson, MD, PhD

DIA_Ch22_Figures.zip (10.1 MB)
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PMID: 33651560
DIA_Ch23.pdf (549.54 KB)
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Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, Andrew J. M. Boulton, MD, DSc (PDF, Hon), FACP, FICP, FRCP, and Jay M. Sosenko, MD

DIA_Ch23_Figures.zip (184.24 KB)
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PMID: 33651568
DIA_Ch24.pdf (1.99 MB)
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José A. Luchsinger, MD, MPH, Christopher Ryan, PhD, and Lenore J. Launer, PhD

DIA_Ch24_Figures.zip (1.18 MB)
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PMID: 33651563
DIA_Ch25.pdf (1003.93 KB)
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Sirimon Reutrakul, MD, CDE, Naresh M. Punjabi, MD, PhD, and Eve Van Cauter, PhD

DIA_Ch25_Figures.zip (788.64 KB)
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PMID: 33651564
DIA_Ch26.pdf (2.16 MB)
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Constance E. Ruhl, MD, PhD, Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH, and James E. Everhart, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch26_Figures.zip (461.58 KB)
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PMID: 33651558
DIA_Ch27.pdf (1.32 MB)
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Adil E. Bharucha, MD, G. Richard Locke, MD, and Joseph A. Murray, MD

DIA_Ch27_Figures.zip (842.81 KB)
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PMID: 33651548
DIA_Ch28.pdf (962.31 KB)
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Aruna V. Sarma, PhD, Mary K. Townsend, ScD, Francine Grodstein, ScD, Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, and Jeanette S. Brown, MD

DIA_Ch28_Figures.zip (79.23 KB)
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PMID: 33651533
DIA_Ch29.pdf (560.58 KB)
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Hsin-Chieh Yeh, PhD, Asieh Golozar, MD, PhD, MHS, MPH, and Frederick L. Brancati, MD, MHS

DIA_Ch29_Figures.zip (81.98 KB)
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PMID: 33651571
DIA_Ch30_V2.pdf (1.73 MB)
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Leonard E. Egede, MD, MS, Beatrice J. Hull, MD, and Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch30_Figures.zip (3.67 MB)
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PMID: 33651550
DIA_Ch31.pdf (6.01 MB)
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Wenche S. Borgnakke, DDS, MPH, PhD, Robert J. Genco, DDS, PhD, Paul I. Eke, MS, PhD, MPH, PhD, and George W. Taylor, DMD, MPH, DrPH

DIA_Ch31_Figures.zip (11.3 MB)
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PMID: 33651538
DIA_Ch32.pdf (906.87 KB)
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Ann V. Schwartz, PhD, and Nancy E. Lane, MD

DIA_Ch32_Figures.zip (1.27 MB)
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PMID: 33651567
DIA_Ch33.pdf (821.92 KB)
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Jeffrey S. Gonzalez, PhD, Korey K. Hood, PhD, Sabrina A. Esbitt, PhD, Shamik Mukherji, MD, Naomi S. Kane, MA, and Alan Jacobson, MD

DIA_Ch33_Figures.zip (228.95 KB)
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PMID: 33651537
DIA_Ch34.pdf (568.93 KB)
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Edward W. Gregg, PhD, and Andy Menke, PhD

DIA_Ch34_Figures.zip (687.88 KB)
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PMID: 33651544
DIA_Ch35.pdf (1.01 MB)
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Aaron M. Secrest, MD, PhD, Raynard E. Washington, PhD, and Trevor J. Orchard, MBBCh, MMedSci

DIA_Ch35_Figures.zip (1.22 MB)
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PMID: 33651546
DIA_Ch36.pdf (1.2 MB)
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Klara J. Rosenquist, MD, and Caroline S. Fox, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch36_Figures.zip (1.23 MB)
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PMID: 33651566

Section III: Prevention and Medical Care for Diabetes

DIA_Ch37.pdf (1.36 MB)
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Jay S. Skyler, MD, MACP, Jeffrey P. Krischer, PhD, Dorothy J. Becker, MD, MBBCh, and Marian Rewers, MD, PhD

DIA_Ch37_Figures.zip (204.75 KB)
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PMID: 33651549
DIA_Ch38.pdf (509.39 KB)
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William C. Knowler, MD, DrPH, Jill P. Crandall, MD, Jean-Louis Chiasson, MD, and David M. Nathan, MD
PMID: 33651543
DIA_Ch39.pdf (838.67 KB)
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Sharon H. Saydah, PhD

DIA_Ch39_Figures.zip (403.54 KB)
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PMID: 33651554
DIA_Ch40.pdf (3.55 MB)
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Laura N. McEwen, PhD, MPH, and William H. Herman, MD, MPH

DIA_Ch40_Figures.zip (7.45 MB)
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PMID: 33651541
DIA_Ch41.pdf (1.51 MB)
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Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH, FAHA, K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA, and Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH, FACP

DIA_Ch41_Figures.zip (1.34 MB)
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PMID: 33651570
DIA_Ch42.pdf (770.62 KB)
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Sarah Stark Casagrande, PhD, and Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH

DIA_Ch42_Figures.zip (1.31 MB)
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PMID: 33651532

Appendix

DIA_Conversions.pdf (761.55 KB)
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Index

DIA_Index_V2.pdf (1.41 MB)
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A number of the authors of chapters in Diabetes in America are employees of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The findings and conclusions in this compendium are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of NIH, CDC, or VHA.