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.
Diabetes and African Americans. In 1998, 2.3 million African American adults over 20 had diabetes. In other words, 10.8% of the African American population had diabetes. African American adults are about 1.7 times as likely to get diabetes as white adults, whose rate of diabetes was 7.8% of the population in 1998.1. As the following graph shows, middle-aged and older adults are most commonly affected by diabetes.frican American adults are about 1.7 times as likely to get diabetes as white adults, whose rate of diabetes was 7.8% of the population in 1998. 1. As the following graph shows, middle-aged and older adults are most commonly affected by diabetes.