MMWR—Health Disparities Experienced by Hispanics—Selected Areas.

October 15, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 40

The October 15, 2004 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) contains a report entitled, “Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics—Selected Areas, 1998–2002.”

Diabetes disproportionately affects Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. Hispanics were twice as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age (9.8% vs. 5.0%). This disparity, however, varied by geographic location—it was lowest in Florida and higher in California, Texas, and Puerto Rico. Among Hispanic adults in California, Florida, Illinois, New York/New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and Texas, the overall prevalence of diabetes was 7.4%; it ranged from 6.2% in Illinois and New York/New Jersey to 9.3% in Puerto Rico.

Source: Burrows NR, Valdez R, Geiss LS, Engelgau ME. Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics—Selected Areas, 1998–2002. MMWR 2004;53(40):941-944.

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