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Article: Type II diabetes incidence rate in Shanghai reaches 10 percent - survey.
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- China Business News
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- January 24, 2008
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Type II diabetes incidence rate in Shanghai reaches 10 percent - survey
Shanghai. January 24. INTERFAX-CHINA - The incidence rate of type II diabetes among Shanghai residents has reached 10.7 percent, the Shanghai Center for Disease Prevention and Control announced yesterday, citing a survey conducted by the Shanghai municipal health department.
The survey, which interviewed last year 14,401 Shanghai residents aged between 15 to 74, found that the incidence rate of type II diabetes in the municipality increases with age, and that males are more likely to contract the ...