H. Res. 1690 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 2, 2010. 

Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), there are nearly 24,000,000 Americans with diabetes and 57,000,000 with prediabetes; 

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects 

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

Whereas the CDC reports that Hispanic-, African-, Asian-, 

and Native Americans are disproportionately affected by 

diabetes and suffer at rates higher than the general population; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, every minute 3 people are 

diagnosed with diabetes, approximately 4,384 people each 

day; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, approximately 1,600,000 

new cases of diabetes were diagnosed last year in people 

20 years or older; 

Whereas a joint CDC and National Institutes of Health study 

found that 15,000 youth in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes annually and about 3,700 

youth are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes annually; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, between 1980 and 2007, diabetes prevalence in the United States increased by more 

than 300 percent; 
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Whereas the CDC reports that over 24 percent of diabetes 

is undiagnosed, down from 30 percent in 2005; 

Whereas, according to the CDC National Diabetes Fact 

Sheet, over 10 percent of American adults and nearly a 

quarter (23.1 percent) of Americans age 60 and older 

have diabetes; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, one in three Americans born 

in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime; 

this statistic grows to nearly one in two for minority populations; 

Whereas, according to the American Diabetes Association, in 

2007, the total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United 

States was $174,000,000,000, and one in ten dollars 

spent on health care is attributed to diabetes and its 

complications; 

Whereas, according to a Mathematica Policy study, total expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes comprise 32.7 percent of the Medicare budget; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, every day 230 people with 

diabetes undergo an amputation, 120 people enter endstage kidney disease programs, and 55 people go blind 

from diabetes; 

Whereas, according to the CDC, diabetes was the seventh 

leading cause of death in 2007, and contributed to the 

deaths of over 230,000 Americans in 2005; 

Whereas there is not yet a cure for diabetes; 

Whereas there are proven means to reduce the incidence of 

or 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 November is widely recognized as American Diabetes Month: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) supports the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month, including encouraging Americans to fight 

diabetes through raising public awareness about stopping diabetes and increasing education about the disease; 

(2) recognizes the importance of early detection of 

diabetes, awareness of the symptoms of diabetes, and 

awareness of the risk factors for diabetes, which include 

being over the age of 45, being a member of a specific 

racial and ethnic background, being overweight, having 

a low physical activity level, having high blood pressure, 

and having a family history of diabetes or a history of 

diabetes during pregnancy; and 

(3) supports decreasing the prevalence of type 1, 

type 2, and gestational diabetes in the United States 

through increased research, treatment, and prevention. 

Attest: 

Clerk.