LIVING WITH DIABETES

Compared to the general population, African Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes:

3.7 million or 14.7 percent of all African Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes.

African Americans are 1.8 times more likely to have diabetes as non Hispanic whites.

25 percent of African Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have diabetes.

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