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.
CDC: Diabetes count rises to 29 million, 12% of adults. The number of people with diabetes in the United States just keeps growing, with the latest count topping 29 million, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number, from 2012, is up from 26 million in 2010 and includes 12.3% of the adult population, the CDC said in a report released Tuesday.