Edward W. Gregg, Ph.D., Yiling J. Cheng, Ph.D., Sharon Saydah, Ph.D., Catherine Cowie, Ph.D., Sanford Garfield, Ph.D., Linda Geiss, M.A., Lawrence Barker, Ph.D.

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Edward W. Gregg, Ph.D., Yiling J. Cheng, Ph.D.,
Sharon Saydah, Ph.D., Catherine Cowie, Ph.D.,
Sanford Garfield, Ph.D., Linda Geiss, M.A.,
Lawrence Barker, Ph.D.
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Study Objectives

• To determine whether all-cause and cardiovascular
  disease (CVD) death rates declined between 1997
  and 2006 among U.S. adults with and without
  diabetes
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Study Design

• Compared 3-year death rates of 4 consecutive
  nationally representative samples of U.S. adults
  (19971998, 19992000, 20012002, and 20032004)
  using data from National Health Interview Surveys
  linked to National Death Index

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Conclusions

• Death rates among both U.S. men and women with
  diabetes declined substantially between 1997 and
  2006
• Absolute difference between adults with and
  without diabetes has narrowed
• Encouraging findings, however, suggest that
  diabetes prevalence likely to rise in the future
  if diabetes incidence not curtailed

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