[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12349]
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                   THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

 Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, I submit for the Record the 
following corrections to the text of S. 1897 (Report No. 104-364):
  Sec. 635. (a)(3) Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death by 
disease in America, taking the lives of more than 169,000 people 
annually.
  Sec. 635. (a)(5) Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in 
adults 20 to 74 years of age.
  Sec. 635. (a)(6) Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure 
requiring dialysis or transplantation, affecting more than 56,000 
Americans in 1992.

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