Places of carbon accumulation, such as in large forests (organic compounds) or ocean sediments (calcium carbonate); carbon is thus removed from the carbon cycle for moderately long to very long periods of time.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (CDC), diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately, 8.3. percent of the U.S. population, or 25.8 million people (all ages), have diabetes.
If the current trend continues, it is estimated that one in three U.S. adults will have diabetes by 2050.2. The average person with diabetes can expect to incur $13,700 in annual medical costs; that's 2.3 times higher than the costs of a person without diabetes. In 2012, diabetes cost the nation $245B in medical expenses and lost productivity.