Diabetes Trends Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: 1990–1998
- Ali H. Mokdad, PHD,
- Barbara A. Bowman, PHD,
- Michael M. Engelgau, MD, MS and
- Frank Vinicor, MD, MPH
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
In our recent article on diabetes trends in the U.S. (1), we reported that the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in U.S. adults increased from 4.9% in 1990 to 6.5% in 1998. For this study, we classified participants into four race-ethnic groups: Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic, and other (1). The “other” category included Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian (AI), Alaska Native (AN), and other race-ethnic groups specified by the respondents. This classification of “other” was necessary because of the small numbers of participants in each of …
