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 by the Numbers. 1  30.3 million US adults have diabetes, and 1 in 4 of them donât know they have it. 2  Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the US. 3  Diabetes is the No. 1 cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult-onset blindness.