Statistics of diabetes.

THE statistics of diabetes will be considered under eight headings — prevalence of diabetes, characteristics of the diabetic population, mortality from diabetes, international comparisons, trend of diabetes in wartime, significance of geographical variations in diabetes, longevity of diabetic patients and use of statistics in clinical diabetes. Prevalence of Diabetes The first consideration is the total volume of diabetes in the country. Frankly, it is not known with any degree of accuracy how many diabetic persons there are in the United States, but there is a certain body of facts on which to work. Some guidance can be gained from the . . .