Diabetes by the Numbers
Why should you join us on the New England Classic Bicycle Tour and raise funds for the American Diabetes Association’s efforts to find a cure? Here are the numbers:
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20.8 million Americans have diabetes
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41 million Americans have pre-diabetes
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13.3% of adult African Americans have diabetes
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20.9% Americans over age 60 have diabetes
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33% of children born in 2000 will develop diabetes sometime in their lives
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50% of minority children born in 2000 will develop sometime in their lives
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$132 Billion was the cost of diabetes to the United States in 2002
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613 people in America die each day due to diabetes
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14% increase in Americans with diabetes in the last 2 years
The New England Classic is more than just a great bicycle tour. Not only does it provide a great cycling experience full of new friends and new adventures, it helps bring us one step closer to a cure. Make the decision to join us today.