Statistics of Diabetes
- 29 August 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 235 (9) , 289-294
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194608292350902
Abstract
THE statistics of diabetes will be considered under eight headings — prevalence of diabetes, characteristics of the diabetic population, mortality from diabetes, international comparisons, trend of diabetes in wartime, significance of geographical variations in diabetes, longevity of diabetic patients and use of statistics in clinical diabetes.Prevalence of DiabetesThe first consideration is the total volume of diabetes in the country. Frankly, it is not known with any degree of accuracy how many diabetic persons there are in the United States, but there is a certain body of facts on which to work. Some guidance can be gained from the . . .Keywords
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