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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 364 

Supporting the observance of National Diabetes Month. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2009 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. DURBIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the observance of National Diabetes Month. 

Whereas there are nearly 24,000,000 people in the United 

States with diabetes and 57,000,000 with pre-diabetes; 

Whereas diabetes contributed to the deaths of over 300,000 

people in the United States in 2007, making diabetes the 

seventh leading cause of death; 

Whereas every minute, 3 people are diagnosed with diabetes; 

Whereas each day approximately 4,384 people are diagnosed 

with diabetes and, in 2007, approximately 1,600,000 new 

cases of diabetes were diagnosed in people 20 years or 

older; 

Whereas between 1990 and 2001, diabetes prevalence in the 

United States increased by more than 60 percent; 


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Whereas over 24 percent of diabetes is undiagnosed, down 

from 30 percent in 2005, and 50 percent 10 years ago; 

Whereas over 10 percent of adults and nearly 1⁄4 (23.1 percent) of people in the United States age 60 and older 

have diabetes; 

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects 

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

Whereas Hispanic, African, Asian, and Native Americans are 

disproportionately affected by diabetes and suffer at rates 

much higher than the general population; 

Whereas annually, 15,000 youth in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and approximately 3,700 

youth are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes; 

Whereas 1 in 3 people in the United States born in the year 

2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime, and this statistic grows to nearly 1 in 2 for minority populations; 

Whereas diabetes costs the United States an estimated 

$174,000,000,000 in 2007, and $1 in every $10 spent on 

health care is attributed to diabetes and its complications; 

Whereas approximately 1 out of every 4 Medicare dollars is 

spent on the care of people with diabetes; 

Whereas every day 230 people with diabetes undergo an amputation, 120 people enter end-stage kidney disease programs, and 55 people go blind from diabetes; 

Whereas there is not yet a cure for diabetes; 

Whereas there are proven means to reduce the incidence of 

and delay the onset of type 2 diabetes; 

Whereas people with diabetes live healthy, productive lives 

with the proper management and treatment; and 


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Whereas National Diabetes Month is celebrated in November: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of National 

3 Diabetes Month, including encouraging people in the 

4 United States to fight diabetes through raising pub5 lic awareness about stopping diabetes and increasing 

6 education about the disease; 

7 (2) recognizes the importance of early detection, 

8 awareness of the symptoms of diabetes, and the risk 

9 factors for diabetes, which include— 

10 (A) being over the age of 45; 

11 (B) coming from certain ethnic back12 grounds; 

13 (C) being overweight; 

14 (D) having a low physical activity level; 

15 (E) having high blood pressure; and 

16 (F) a family history of diabetes or a his17 tory of diabetes during pregnancy; and 

18 (3) supports decreasing the prevalence of diabe19 tes, developing better treatments, and working to20 ward an eventual cure in the United States through 

21 increased research, treatment, and prevention. 

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