20.8 million
people - 7% of the population - have diabetes. 14.6 million
are diagnosed. 6.2 million are undiagnosed. (National Diabetes
Information Clearinghouse, 2005)
The estimated
population of the Rio Grande Valley is 1,170,776.
(National Census Bureau, 2006)
The estimated
diabetes prevalence rate in the Rio Grande Valley is 26%.
(UTPA Border Health Office, 2006)
Acanthosis Nigricans
Over 5,000
school nurses have been trained and certified for the Acanthosis
Nigricans assessments.
Assessments
are conducted in 11 Texas Education Agency Education Service
Center Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19 and 20.
Over 750,000
Texas school children in grades 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th were screened
in the 2005-2006 school year.
For further information about either the Diabetes
Registry or the AN Screenings please feel free to take a look at
our publications section.
