Diabetes: $439 Million Dollar Disease of Central New York

The Excellus Study found that there are more factors involved in the disease than diet. It has been discovered that race, education, income, gender and employment play a major role. In fact, lifestyle can also determine who will be less likely to get the disease. According to the study, 8.1 % has the disease in the state of New York. In addition, the highest percentage is in the southern part of New York with 12% affected by the disease. Central New York comes in one point after the entire nation with 7.7 % to America's 7.8%. The lowest percentage of diabetes victims is in Upstate New York region with 7.5%.

Moreover, the problem with the obese and the aging population is that they are more susceptible to the disease. One explanation to this fact lay in a weakened immune system by bad dietary habits and lack of preventative care. Another explanation lay in the type of care one receives or cannot afford along with the

Income that dictated how a person can eat. For example, money is a luxury one can use to get the best care. However, lack of this luxury leaves no other choice than to take what you can get. This can be due to a lack of education, being unemployed or employed with a dead end job. Further more, discovering one's mistakes can be stressful business having to work in a position fellow co-workers look down on, living in an area that is cheap, and having to accept false charity made cheap to degrade someone who needs help. Therefore, a male (9.3%) with this experience will have the highest chance of becoming a diabetic between the age of 65 and 74 by 17.4%.