Abstract: . . .  and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004. CDC Division of Diabetes Translation Public Inquiries/Publications Phone toll free: 1-877-CDC-DIAB (877-232-3422) Fax: 1-301-562-1050 Internet: www.cdc.gov/ diabetes E-mail: diabetes @cdc.gov Mail: P.O. Box 8728, Silver Spring, MD 20910 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Safer • Healthier • People  . . .
. . .  Phone toll free: 1-877-CDC-DIAB (877-232-3422) Fax: 1-301-562-1050 Internet: www.cdc.gov/ diabetes E-mail: diabetes @cdc.gov Mail: P.O. Box 8728, Silver Spring, MD 20910 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Safer • Healthier • People  . . .
. . .  1-877-CDC-DIAB (877-232-3422) Fax: 1-301-562-1050 Internet: www.cdc.gov/ diabetes E-mail: diabetes @cdc.gov Mail: P.O. Box 8728, Silver Spring, MD 20910 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Safer • Healthier • People  . . .
. . .  Note This publication is not subject to copyright restrictions; please duplicate and distribute copies as desired. Citation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: general information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2003. Rev ed. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004. CDC Division of Diabetes Translation Public Inquiries/Publications Phone toll free: 1-877-CDC-DIAB (877-232-3422) Fax: 1-301-562-1050 . . .
. . .  pregnancies. • Poorly controlled diabetes during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy can result in excessively large babies, posing a risk to the mother and the child. Other complications • Uncontrolled diabetes often leads to biochemical imbalances that can cause acute life-threatening events, such as diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar (nonketotic) coma. • People with diabetes are more susceptible to many other illnesses and, once they acquire these illnesses, often have worse prognoses. For example, they are more likely to die with pneumonia . . .
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