#1: Diabetes Trends, new cases

Healthypeople.gov has a wide variety of data aviable on diabetes and its trends The particular one I am focusing on is the annual number of new diagnosed cases of diabetes. I have it broken down by gender, age, family status and ethnicity. The units are per 1000 people.

Population	2007-2009	2008-2010	2009-2011	2010-2012
Total	8.5	8.5	8.1	7.3
Male	9.4	9.3	8.7	7
Female	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.6
Asian Only	11	DSU	DSU	5.9
African American Only	11.6	11.5	13.1	11.3
White Only	8	8	7.4	6.7
Hispanic or Latino	11.7	12.9	11.7	11.9
18-44	4.3	4.3	4	3.4
45-64	14.3	13.9	13.1	12
65 years and over	12	12.5	13	12.3
Single	7.3	6.4	6.6	6.2
Single parent w/ children	6.9	8.4	6.8	6.5
Married Couple	7.8	7.1	6.4	6.9
Two parent family	6	6.5	DSU	DSU
US	8	8	7.7	7.1
Outside US	11.3	11	10.3	8.3

For the most part, the data suggests that the trend is a downward one. So we are seeing fewer and fewer diagnosed cases of diabetes in the United States. But the data is still interesting. It shows that ethnicity and age do play a factor. It might mostly be a matter of diet. Or it could be an issue of families below the poverty line. It's very hard to isolate the exact cause here.