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The Newsletter of the Texas Diabetes Council UDiabetes rate on the border
is twice the state rateA new study shows that people living in counties within 60 miles of the US-Mexico
border have higher rates of diabetes, almost twice the rate for Texas. The study also
shows that a higher percentage of border residents are overweight and obese than
national averages in both Mexico and the United States.T he Collaborative US-Mexico Border Diabetes
Prevention and Control Project is the first study
to treat the border as a single epidemiological unit and
measure diabetes and the prevalence of impaired
fasting glucose, or pre-diabetes. It shows that
almost 16 percent of border residents have type 2
diabetes, and an additional 14 percent have pre-
diabetes (fasting plasma glucose > 100 < 126 mg/dL).
The border study also shows that almost 75 percent of
the border adult population are overweight or obese.
The Texas Diabetes Council/Program estimates
that the statewide prevalence rate for Texas is 8.1
percent, and the Department of State Health Services
reports that two thirds of Texas adults are overweight
or obese.
Almost 75% of the border adult population
is overweight or obese
The bi-national study included data from surveys
in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the six
Mexican border states. In addition to interviews,
researchers measured body size and blood pressure
and took blood tests. Blood test results indicated that
2.6 percent of the people with diabetes on the US side
had not been previously diagnosed.
The Collaborative US-Mexico Border Diabetes
Prevention and Control Project was launched in 2001.
The Texas Diabetes Council/Program and the
diabetes control programs of the other border states in
Mexico and the United States support the study, which'I
pa-Almost 16% of
border residents have type 2
diabetes; an additional 14 %
have pre-diabetesis led by the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, the Mexico Secretariat of Health, and the
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Other
partners include the US-Mexico Border Health
Association, Paso del Norte Health Foundation, El
Paso Diabetes Association, Border Health
Foundation, the California Endowment, and Project
Concern International. In the next phase of the
Project, intervention programs that promote
prevention and control will be implemented and
evaluated in select border communities through
designated health clinics.
For more information, contact PAHO, 5400
Suncrest Drive, Suite C-4, El Paso, TX 79912, phone
915-845-5950, fax 915-845-4361.SW I N T E R 2 0 0 5
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CouncilTexas Diabetes, the newsletter of the Texas
Diabetes Council/Program, is published by the
Texas Department of State Health Services in
Austin. Publication No. 45-11004
Please send news and information to:
Texas Diabetes
Texas Diabetes Council/Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
Phone:512-458-7490
Fax: 512-458-7408
E-mail: donna.jones@dshs.state.tx.us
Internet: www.texasdiabetescouncil.org
Texas Diabetes Staff:
Jan Marie Ozias, PhD, RN, Director,
Texas Diabetes Council/Program
Donna Jones, MA, Editor
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