Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1987. Estimates from a national outpatient data base.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Publication Date
- January 1993
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 271–276
- Identifiers
- PMID: 8422791
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
This study documented the high prevalence of diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives and the wide variation in rates between different tribal groups. This study also demonstrated the feasibility of using an outpatient data base to estimate rates of disease that have uniform methods of diagnosis and result in frequent clinic visits.
