MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998 Oct 30;47(42):901-4.
Since the early 1960s, diabetes has disproportionately affected American Indians/Alaskan Natives (Als/ANs) compared with other populations. Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity (such as blindness, kidney failure, lower-extremity amputation, and cardiovascular disease) and premature mortality in this population. To update information about the prevalence of diabetes among Als/ANs, data were analyzed from the Indian Health Service (IHS) national outpatient database for 1996 and were compared with the prevalence of diabetes among non-Hispanic whites in the United States. This report presents the findings of this analysis, which indicate that the prevalence of diabetes among Als/ANs remains high and is approximately three times the prevalence among non-Hispanic whites.
自20世纪60年代初以来，与其他人群相比，糖尿病对美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）的影响尤为严重。糖尿病是该人群发病（如失明、肾衰竭、下肢截肢和心血管疾病）和过早死亡的主要原因。为了更新有关AI/AN中糖尿病患病率的信息，对印第安卫生服务局（IHS）1996年的全国门诊数据库数据进行了分析，并与美国非西班牙裔白人中的糖尿病患病率进行了比较。本报告展示了该分析的结果，结果表明AI/AN中糖尿病的患病率仍然很高，约为非西班牙裔白人患病率的三倍。
