TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Diabetes and Wound Care A1 - Scarborough, Pamela A2 - McCulloch, Joseph M. A2 - Kloth, Luther C. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Wound Healing Evidence-Based Management, 4e AB - Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) consider worldwide diabetes prevalence to be at epidemic proportions. The IDF estimates that in 2010 more than 285 million people globally had diabetes and that this number is likely to increase to over 438 million by 2030.1 In the United States, type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is increasing faster than our health system can effectively support. Current national statistics estimate there are approximately 23.6 million individuals with diabetes and about 5.7 million people with T2DM who are undiagnosed.2,3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184831741 ER -