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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 600 

Supporting the goals and ideals of American Diabetes Month. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 26, 2012 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. MIKULSKI, 

Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. TESTER, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

NOVEMBER 29, 2012 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to with an amended preamble 

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’’), 

nearly 26,000,000 people in the United States have diabetes and 79,000,000 people in the United States have 

pre-diabetes; 

Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic condition that affects 

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

Whereas the CDC reports that Hispanics, African-Americans, 

Asian-Americans, and Native Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes and suffer from diabetes at 


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rates that are much higher than the general population 

of the United States; 

Whereas according to the CDC, someone is diagnosed with 

diabetes every 17 seconds; 

Whereas each day, approximately 5,205 people are diagnosed 

with diabetes; 

Whereas in 2010, the CDC estimated that approximately 

1,900,000 individuals age 20 and older were newly diagnosed with diabetes; 

Whereas a joint National Institutes of Health and CDC study 

found that approximately 15,000 youth in the United 

States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes annually and 

approximately 3,600 youth are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes annually; 

Whereas according to the CDC, between 1980 and 2007, the 

prevalence of diabetes in the United States increased by 

more than 300 percent; 

Whereas the CDC reports that more than 27 percent of individuals with diabetes are undiagnosed; 

Whereas the National Diabetes Fact Sheet issued by the 

CDC states that more than 11 percent of adults in the 

United States and 26.9 percent of people in the United 

States age 65 and older have diabetes; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that as many as 1 in 3 adults 

in the United States will have diabetes in 2050 if present 

trends continue; 

Whereas the CDC estimates that as many as 1 in 2 Hispanic, 

African-American, Asian-American, and Native American 

adults will have diabetes in 2050 if present trends continue; 


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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 1 in 10 dollars spent 

on health care was attributed to diabetes and its complications; 

Whereas according to a Lewin Group study, in 2007, the 

total cost of diabetes (including both diagnosed and 

undiagnosed diabetes, pre-diabetes, and gestational diabetes) was $218,000,000,000; 

Whereas a Mathematica Policy Research study in 2007 found 

that, for fiscal year 2005, total expenditures for Medicare 

beneficiaries with diabetes comprise 32.7 percent of the 

Medicare budget; 

Whereas according to the CDC, diabetes was the seventh 

leading cause of death in 2007 and contributed to the 

deaths of more than 230,000 people in the United States 

in 2007; 

Whereas there is not yet a cure for diabetes; 

Whereas there are proven means to reduce the incidence, and 

delay the onset, of type 2 diabetes; 

Whereas with the proper management and treatment, people 

with diabetes live healthy, productive lives; and 

Whereas American Diabetes Month is celebrated in November: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of American 

3 Diabetes Month, including— 

4 (A) encouraging the people of the United 

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1 ness about prevention and treatment options; 

2 and 

3 (B) increasing education about the disease; 

4 (2) recognizes the importance of early detection 

5 of diabetes, awareness of the symptoms of diabetes, 

6 and the risk factors that often lead to the develop7 ment of diabetes, including— 

8 (A) being over the age of 45; 

9 (B) having a specific racial and ethnic 

10 background; 

11 (C) being overweight; 

12 (D) having a low level of physical activity; 

13 (E) having high blood pressure; and 

14 (F) having a family history of diabetes or 

15 a history of diabetes during pregnancy; and 

16 (3) supports decreasing the prevalence of type 

17 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes in the United 

18 States through increased research, treatment, and 

19 prevention. 

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