Gestational Diabetes Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Gestational Diabetes Statistics
There are many statistics concerning gestational diabetes. These statistics take into account the cause of gestational diabetes, prevalence, complications, and hospitalization due to gestational diabetes. It is estimated that 135,000 pregnant women are diagnosed with gestational diabetes each year.1
Fast Facts:
- Pregnant women who had gestational diabetes have a higher risk of developing diabetes within five to ten years.2
- Gestational diabetes occurs more often in African Americans.2
- Approximately five to ten percent of women that had gestational diabetes also had diabetes following childbirth.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ WrongDiagnosis: Statistics about Gestational Diabetes
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NIDDK: National Diabetes Statistics, 2007 -Types of Diabetes
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Gestational Diabetes Stats, Statistics of Gestational Diabetes
- Last update: Mar. 31, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.