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Diabetes takes disproportionate toll on blacks, Hispanics
2015-01-19 08:41:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Information on diabetes is available at these websites: Connecticut Department of Public Health American Diabetes Association American Diabetes Association, Connecticut Chapter Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This story was reported under a partnership with the Connecticut Health I-Team . Connecticut's diabetes rate ranks lower than the national average, but Hispanics and blacks are more than twice as likely to have the disease compared with their white neighbors and are at greater risk of dying from diabetes-related causes.
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