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Native Americans with Diabetes
Native Americans are twice as likely as whites to have diabetes.
In about 2 out of 3 Native Americans with kidney failure, diabetes is the cause.
Kidney failure from diabetes dropped by 54% in Native Americans between 1996 and 2013.
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