Diabetes-related mortality rates have reached an all-time high in New
York City, with people of color hit the hardest, according to a report
released this week by the New York City Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene.
Approximately one person dies of diabetes-related causes
every 90 minutes in the city— a mortality rate that has nearly doubled
in two decades, from 6 percent in 1990 to 10.8 percent in 2011, says the
report.
Of
any racial group in the five boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn,
Staten Island and the Bronx — blacks have the highest diabetes-related
mortality rate, with 116 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by
Hispanics (81), whites (45) and Asian and Pacific Islanders at 41, the
report added. New York City has a population of more than 8 million,
according to the latest U.S. Census data. [Read more]
