About 20.8 million Americans have diabetes, which was the sixth leading cause of death in 2002, according to the American Diabetes Association. Mirroring a national trend, about 7.4 percent of Orange County residents have the disease.
Diabetes disproportionately affects Hispanics and blacks. Mexican-Americans, for example, are 1.7 times more likely to get diabetes than non-Hispanic whites, according to the diabetes association.
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