Diabetes accounts for 11.5% and 11.7% of deaths based on self-reported diabetes in the National Health Interview Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, respectively, and 11.8% based on A1C levels in NHANES, making it the third leading cause of death in the US, researchers reported in PLOS ONE. Researchers found that the highest proportion of deaths linked to diabetes was among obese people at 19.4%.
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