Diabetes is rising in Hispanic populations in the United States, according to 2008 statistics from the National Institutes of Health.
In general, Hispanics are diagnosed with diabetes at twice the rate of Caucasian Americans and many go undiagnosed.
According to the NIH, more than 10% of Hispanics in the United States older than 20 have been diagnosed with diabetes. At 12.6%, Puerto Ricans have the highest diabetes rate among Hispanics, but Mexican Americans and Cubans are not far behind with 11.9 and 8.2 percent respectively.
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