WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- According to a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control, rates of diabetes in the United States have slowed and are leveling off, though statistics suggest rates continue to rise among African American and Hispanic patients.
To get a more accurate measure of the disease's trajectory over the last 30-plus years, researchers analyzed the health data of 665,000 adults ages 20 to 79. They focused on the incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes between 1980 and 2012. Analysis showed while rates remained stable during the 80s, the disease's prevalence shot up during the 90s and early 2000s.