PR has highest rate of diabetes in US

by alexoscarew | February 5, 2013 at 03:25 am
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PR has highest rate of diabetes in US

Puerto Rico still has the highest incidence of diabetes in the U.S. even as the incidence of the disease has surged in many states over the past 15 years, according to a new federal report issued Thursday.

Puerto Rico’s diabetes rate rose from 11.7 percent in 1995 to 12.7 in 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

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