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An 8 page overview of the problem of diabetes among Native American populations. The author provides statistics delineating the extent of this problem and suggests areas of intervention for medical personnel as well as social workers. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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2003). Diabetes presents a severe threat to all Americans but it is particularly prevalent among Native Americans. The degree of prevalence, however, varies across the various tribal components
which make up that broad cultural classification. Twenty-seven percent of Native Americans in the Southeastern U.S. succumb to the condition (American Diabetes Association, 2003). One Arizona tribe is
even less fortunate, however, with an incident rate of approximately fifty percent for those members between the ages of thirty and sixty-four they suffer from the highest rate of diabetes
reported for the entire world (American Diabetes Association, 2003)! Native Americans under the age of thirty-five are ten times more likely to develop diabetes mellitus than whites are (Kernicki,
1996). The American Diabetes Association (2003) reports that some 14.5 percent of those Native Americans receiving health care services through Indian Health Services (IHS) have diabetes. This is
almost 108,000 individuals and there are countless other Native Americans not accounted for by this number (American Diabetes Association, 2003). Diabetes
can be a life threatening condition. It is associated with cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, amputations and blindness (American Diabetes Association, 2003). The American Diabetes Association (2003) reports that
individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from heart disease and five times as likely to have a stroke and once that occurs the likelihood of repeat incidences
are two to four times as high. In addition: "Ten to 21% of all
people with diabetes develop kidney disease. In 2000, 41,046 people with diabetes initiated treatment for end-stage renal disease (kidney failure), and 129,183 people with diabetes underwent dialysis or kidney
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