WHY DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IS A SERIOUS HEALTH CRISIS AND HOW IT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSED
THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC
Diabetes is a huge
and growing problem,
and the costs to society
are high and escalating
1 OUT OF 11 Americans have diabetes
Diabetes home basics, Center for Disease Control and Prevention website.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/index.html Updated October 7, 2015.Accessed February 8, 2016.
1 OUT OF 3 have prediabetes but
only 7% know they have it.
FACTS ABOUT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Number one cause of
preventable blindness
Silent disease that may show
no symptoms until it’s too late
