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NOOK 15 PFS~ 50 PROCLAMATION TO DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS "NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH" IN LEE COUNTY. WHEREAS, diabetes is a problem of grave concern and consequence in American society with serious complications and effects which can be lessened through tight blood glucose monitoring and education as recently proven through the Diabetes Control and Complications Trials (DCCT); WHEREAS, more than 13 million people in America, including many people not yet diagnosed, are affected by diabetes; WHEREAS, 500,000 new cases are diagnosed yearly; WHEREAS, diabetes is a leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in Lee County; WHEREAS, more than 50,000 lower extremity amputations were performed on people with diabetes annually, a rate 15 times higher that of the non-diabetic population; WHEREAS, death from kidney disease is 500 times more common among young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes than in the general population; WHEREAS, diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in adults; WHEREAS, half of all people with diabetes have a history of hypertension compared to 20 percent of the general population; WHEREAS, people with diabetes are twice as likely as members of the general population to have heart disease and are more likely to die from it; WHEREAS, people with diabetes are twice as likely as members of the general population to have heart disease and are more likely to die from it; WHEREAS, detectable loss of nerve function occurs in approximately 40 percent of persons with diabetes, and after 25 years of the disease, more than 90 percent are affected; WHEREAS, pregnant women with diabetes require intensive prenatal care and their babies are five times more likely to require intensive care during and immediately following birth than other babies; 58 WHEREAS, people with diabetes are more than twice as likely to require hospitalization during the year;