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JAMA. 2008;299(10):1129-1130.

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MMWR. 2007;56:1184-1187

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Diabetes is a chronic disease with a U.S. prevalence of 18 cases per 10,000 youths aged <20 years.¹ With proper management and access to care, morbidity and mortality from diabetes are preventable, particularly in the pediatric population.^2-3 Although diabetes is more common among non-Hispanic white youths, some studies report higher death rates among racial/ethnic minorities and among those in lower socioeconomic strata.^3-4 In 2004, age-adjusted diabetes death rates for black persons in the United States were approximately twice those for white persons.⁵ However, no recent studies on racial disparities that focus specifically on the pediatric population have been conducted. To assess racial disparities in diabetes mortality among youths, CDC analyzed data on deaths with an underlying cause of diabetes among persons aged 1-19 years for the period 1979-2004. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which determined that, during 1979-2004, diabetes death . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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