Government Documents

Department of Health and Human Services. "National Diabetes Fact Sheet." 7 June, 2008. http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/FactSheet.aspx

This Fact sheet provides information regarding diabetes incidence, prevalence, deaths, and complications. The sheet was put together by 12 partners, including CDC and other governmental agencies and public and private organizations. The sheet provides national diabetes estimates including prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in all people, people aged 20 years or younger, people aged 20 years or older, and deaths among people with diabetes. It also provides information in preventing diabetes complications. This sheet would be useful for a journalist that wants to include facts in their story that have been released by the government.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Age-Adjusted Percentage of Using Diabetes Medication Among Adults with Diabetes, by Type of Medication, United States, 1997–2006." 7 June, 2008. http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/meduse/fig2.htm

This government document shows the rise in use of diabetes medication among adults in the United States. The percentage of adults that only took pills increased and the percentage of those taking both pills and insulin also increased. However, the percentage of those using insulin only decreased. A great graph of the data and a chart are included in the document. The information as well as the graph and chart would all be good material for a reporter to include or reference in a story.