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Diabetes by the Numbers
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by stltoday.com
$116 billion: Annual cost of treating diabetes in the U.S.
18.8 million: Americans diagnosed
7 million: Estimated number of undiagnosed cases
231,404: Deaths caused by diabetes in 2007
27 percent: Americans older than 65 who have diabetes
26 percent: People with diabetes who take insulin
Source: American Diabetes Association