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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 431 

Supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2019 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. KING, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mr. JONES, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. SMITH, 

Ms. STABENOW, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. WARNER, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. COONS) submitted the following resolution; 

which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month. 

Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘CDC’’)— 

(1) 30,300,000 individuals in the United States have 

diabetes; and 

(2) an estimated 84,100,000 individuals in the 

United States who are 18 years of age or older have 

prediabetes; 

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects 

individuals of every age, race, ethnicity, and income level; 

Whereas the CDC reports that— 


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(1) Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian 

Americans, and Native Americans are disproportionately 

affected by diabetes and suffer from the disease at much 

higher rates than the general population of the United 

States; and 

(2) 23.8 percent of individuals with diabetes in the 

United States have not been diagnosed with the disease; 

Whereas, according to the CDC— 

(1) an individual who is 20 years of age or older is 

diagnosed with diabetes every 21 seconds; 

(2) the prevalence of diabetes in the United States 

increased more than threefold between 1990 and 2015; 

and 

(3) in 2015, diabetes was the seventh leading cause 

of death in the United States and contributed to the 

deaths of more than 252,806 individuals during that 

year; 

Whereas approximately 4,110 adults in the United States are 

diagnosed with diabetes each day; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that approximately 1,500,000 

adults in the United States were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2015; 

Whereas a joint study carried out by the National Institutes 

of Health and the CDC found that, in the United States 

during 2011 and 2012— 

(1) an estimated 17,900 individuals younger than 20 

years of age were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes; 

and 

(2) 5,300 individuals between the ages of 10 and 19 

were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes; 


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Whereas, in the United States, more than 9.4 percent of the 

population, including 25.2 percent of individuals who are 

65 years of age or older, have diabetes; 

Whereas the risk of developing diabetes at some point in life 

is 40 percent for adults in the United States; 

Whereas, after accounting for the difference of the average 

age of each population, data surveying adults in the 

United States between 2013 and 2015 indicates that 7.4 

percent of non-Hispanic Whites, 12.7 percent of non-Hispanic Blacks, 12.1 percent of Hispanics, and 8 percent 

of Asian Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes; 

Whereas, according to the American Diabetes Association, 

the United States spent an estimated $327,000,000,000 

on cases of diagnosed diabetes in 2017, an increase of 26 

percent since 2012, and out-of-pocket costs for insulin 

have grown significantly in recent years for many patients; 

Whereas the American Diabetes Association reports that care 

for people with diagnosed diabetes accounts for 1 in 4 

health care dollars spent in the United States; 

Whereas, as of November 2019, a cure for diabetes does not 

exist; 

Whereas there are successful means to reduce the incidence, 

and delay the onset, of type 2 diabetes; 

Whereas, with proper management and treatment, individuals 

with diabetes live healthy and productive lives; and 

Whereas individuals in the United States celebrate American 

Diabetes Month in November: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) supports the goals and ideals of American 

2 Diabetes Month, including— 

3 (A) encouraging individuals in the United 

4 States to fight diabetes through public aware5 ness of prevention and treatment options; and 

6 (B) enhancing diabetes education; 

7 (2) recognizes the importance of awareness and 

8 early detection, including awareness of symptoms 

9 and risk factors such as— 

10 (A) being— 

11 (i) older than 45 years of age; or 

12 (ii) overweight; and 

13 (B) having— 

14 (i) a particular racial and ethnic back15 ground; 

16 (ii) a low level of physical activity; 

17 (iii) high blood pressure; 

18 (iv) a family history of diabetes; or 

19 (v) a history of diabetes during preg20 nancy; and 

21 (3) supports decreasing the prevalence of type 

22 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes in the United 

23 States through research, treatment, and prevention. 

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