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# Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition

Diabetes in America, 2nd Edition, is a compilation and assessment of epidemiologic, public health, and clinical data on diabetes and its complications in the United States. It was published by the National Diabetes Data Group of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health in 1995. The book contains 36 chapters organized in five areas:
          - the descriptive epidemiology of diabetes in the United States based on national surveys and community-based studies, including prevalence, incidence, sociodemographic and metabolic characteristics, risk factors for developing diabetes, and mortality
          - the myriad complications that affect patients with diabetes
          - characteristics of therapy and medical care for diabetes
          - economic aspects, including health insurance and health care costs
          - diabetes in special populations, including African Americans, Hispanics, Asian and Pacific Islanders, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and pregnant women.

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          - Preface  (PDF, 13 KB)       
          - Members of the National Diabetes Data Group  (PDF, 12 KB)       
          - Editorial Board and List of Authors  (PDF, 22 KB)       
          - Chapter 1: Summary  (PDF, 78 KB)         Maureen I. Harris        
          - Chapter 2: Classification, Diagnostic Criteria, and Screening for Diabetes  (PDF, 193 KB)         Maureen I. Harris        
          - Chapter 3: Prevalence and Incidence of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 188 KB)         Ronald E. LaPorte, Masato Matsushima, and Yue-Fang Chang        
          - Chapter 4: Prevalence and Incidence of Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 200 KB)         Susan J. Kenny, Ronald E. Aubert, and Linda S. Geiss        
          - Chapter 5: Prevalence and Incidence of Secondary and Other Types of Diabetes  (PDF, 152 KB)         Om P. Ganda        
          - Chapter 6: Sociodemographic Characteristics of Persons with Diabetes  (PDF, 221 KB)         Catherine C. Cowie and Mark S. Eberhardt        
          - Chapter 7: Physical and Metabolic Characteristics of Persons with Diabetes  (PDF, 344 KB)         Catherine C. Cowie and Maureen I. Harris        
          - Chapter 8: Risk Factors for Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 103 KB)         Janice S. Dorman, Bridget J. McCarthy, Leslie A. O ́Leary, and Anita N. Koehler        
          - Chapter 9: Risk Factors for Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 337 KB)         Marian Rewers and Richard F. Hamman        
          - Chapter 10: Mortality in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 147 KB)         Enrico Portuese and Trevor Orchard        
          - Chapter 11: Mortality in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes  (PDF, 271 KB)         Linda S. Geiss, William H. Herman, and Philip J. Smith    
          - Chapter 12: Disability in Diabetes  (PDF, 188 KB)         Thomas J. Songer        
          - Chapter 13: Acute Metabolic Complications in Diabetes  (PDF, 78 KB)         Howard Fishbein and P.J. Palumbo        
          - Chapter 14: Vision Disorders in Diabetes  (PDF, 361 KB)         Ronald Klein and Barbara E.K. Klein        
          - Chapter 15: Neuropathy in Diabetes  (PDF, 104 KB)         Richard C. Eastman        
          - Chapter 16: Kidney Diseases in Diabetes  (PDF, 627 KB)         Robert G. Nelson, William C. Knowler, David J. Pettitt, and Peter H. Bennett        
          - Chapter 17: Peripheral Vascular Disease and Diabetes  (PDF, 53 KB)         P.J. Palumbo and L. Joseph Melton III        
          - Chapter 18: Lower Extremity Foot Ulcers and Amputations in Diabetes  (PDF, 194 KB)         Gayle E. Reiber, Edward J. Boyko, and Douglas G. Smith        
          - Chapter 19: Heart Disease and Diabetes  (PDF, 166 KB)         Deborah L. Wingard and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor        
          - Chapter 20: Stroke and Diabetes  (PDF, 68 KB)         Lewis H. Kuller        
          - Chapter 21: Digestive Diseases and Diabetes  (PDF, 178 KB)         James E. Everhart        
          - Chapter 22: Infection and Diabetes  (PDF, 96 KB)         Edward J. Boyko and Benjamin A. Lipsky        
          - Chapter 23: Oral Complications in Diabetes  (PDF, 83 KB)         Harald Löe and Robert J. Genco        
          - Chapter 24: Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes in Adult Populations  (PDF, 83 KB)         Patrick J. Lustman and Jeffrey A. Gavard        
          - Chapter 25: Therapy for Diabetes  (PDF, 183 KB)         Brian J. Fertig, David A. Simmons, and Donald B. Martin        
          - Chapter 26: Ambulatory Medical Care for Diabetes  (PDF, 96 KB)         Gail R. Janes        
          - Chapter 27: Diabetes-Related Hospitalization and Hospital Utilization  (PDF, 157 KB)         Ronald E. Aubert, Linda S. Geiss, David J. Ballard, Beth Cocanougher, and William H. Herman        
          - Chapter 28: Diabetes and Long-Term Care  (PDF, 147 KB)         Jennifer A. Mayfield, Partha Deb, and D.E.B. Potter        
          - Chapter 29: Health Insurance and Diabetes  (PDF, 97 KB)         Maureen I. Harris        
          - Chapter 30: Economic Impact of Diabetes  (PDF, 72 KB)         Jonathan C. Javitt and Yen-Pin Chiang        
          - Chapter 31: Diabetes in African Americans  (PDF, 221 KB)         Eugene S. Tull and Jeffrey M. Roseman        
          - Chapter 32: Diabetes in Hispanic Americans  (PDF, 215 KB)         Michael P. Stern and Braxton D. Mitchell        
          - Chapter 33: Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans  (PDF, 154 KB)         Wilfred Y. Fujimoto        
          - Chapter 34: Diabetes in North American Indians and Alaska Natives  (PDF, 181 KB)         Dorothy Gohdes        
          - Chapter 35: Gestational Diabetes  (PDF, 134 KB)         Donald R. Coustan        
          - Chapter 36: Pregnancy in Preexisting Diabetes  (PDF, 132 KB)         Thomas A. Buchanan        
          - Index  (PDF, 299 KB)  

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