title: Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and selected related conditions of six reservations in Montana and Wyoming.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the prevalence of diabetes and related complications in Plains Indians.
  
  
  METHODS
  The medical records of individuals with diagnosed diabetes seen in IHS facilities before 1 January 1987 were reviewed. Records were obtained from primary care clinics and hospitals accessible to the following six reservation communities in Montana and Wyoming: Blackfeet, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Northern Cheyenne, and Wind River. Medical records were reviewed to ascertain accuracy of diagnosis and associated complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age-adjusted prevalence rate of diagnosed diabetes was 119/1000 adults > or = 15 yr of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diabetes rates in Plains Indians are higher than rates described for the general U.S. population.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Service Indian Health Center, St. Ignatius, MT 59856.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gohdes
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007198:Indians, North American; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008499:Medical Records; D009009:Montana / Q000453:epidemiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014959:Wyoming / Q000453:epidemiology