Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1357-1364

Diabetes Among United States-Bound Adult Refugees, 2009–2014 (Article)

Benoit S.R.* , Gregg E.W. , Zhou W. , Painter J.A.
  • a Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS E-03, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, United States
  • b Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
  • c Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS E-03, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, United States
  • d Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Health Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, MS E-03, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, United States

Abstract

We reported diabetes prevalence among all US-bound adult refugees and assessed factors associated with disease. We analyzed overseas medical evaluations of US-bound refugees from 2009 through 2014 by using CDC’s Electronic Disease Notification System. We identified refugees with diabetes by searching for diabetes-related keywords and medications in examination forms with text-parsing techniques. Age-adjusted prevalence rates were reported and factors associated with diabetes were assessed by using logistic regression. Of 248,850 refugees aged ≥18 years examined over 5 years, 5767 (2.3 %) had diabetes. Iraqis had the highest crude (5.1 %) and age-adjusted (8.9 %) prevalence of disease. Higher age group and body mass index were associated with diabetes in all regions. Diabetes prevalence varied by refugee nationality. Although the absolute rates were lower than rates in the United States, the prevalence is still concerning given the younger age of the population and their need for health services upon resettlement. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York (Outside USA).

Author Keywords

Prevalence Refugees diabetes Chronic disease

Index Keywords

refugee human epidemiology Refugees middle aged statistics and numerical data diabetes mellitus Aged ethnology United States Young Adult Humans Adolescent male female prevalence adult age global health Age Factors body mass Body Mass Index
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961140692&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-016-0381-7&partnerID=40&md5=9286b21d9d7bbd782875e4e6391c8eef
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0381-7
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English