Below is a sample letter to the editor you can use for World Diabetes Day. For more ideas, check out How to Write a Letter to the Editor - and Get Published.
Dear Editor,
I am writing you to help spread information about World Diabetes Day which takes place on November 14th.
Why is World Diabetes Day so important? According to the National Institutes of Health, there are 23.6 million people in the United States, or nearly 8% of the population, who have diabetes. The total prevalence of diabetes increased 13.5% from 2005-2007.
Insert local state statistics here.
Every 30 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes, and the American Diabetes Association reports that 5.1 million Americans have diabetes and do not know it. Statistically, the odds are that the majority of your readers know someone with diabetes, have been diagnosed with diabetes, or have diabetes and do not know it yet.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that diabetes is the 6th leading cause of reported deaths in the U.S. annually. But the CDC also states that the number of people who die from diabetes complications is actually three times higher than what is reported on death certificates which would rank diabetes as high as the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.
Diabetes does not kill people. Complications from diabetes kills people. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, amputation, and blindness.
There is no cure for diabetes, but most of the complications from diabetes can be prevented if people are diagnosed and treated early.
I urge you to let your readers know about World Diabetes Day. Diabetes has now been classified as being “a global epidemic” by the CDC. The more people who participate in World Diabetes Day, the greater the chances are of saving lives and finding a cure.
You can learn more about this important event at: www.wddusa.org.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Contact Information
Lalhe A Wolfe is Founder of iPump.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit that distributes pump supplies to those in need.
Dear Editor,
I am writing you to help spread information about World Diabetes Day which takes place on November 14th.
Why is World Diabetes Day so important? According to the National Institutes of Health, there are 23.6 million people in the United States, or nearly 8% of the population, who have diabetes. The total prevalence of diabetes increased 13.5% from 2005-2007.
Insert local state statistics here.
Every 30 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with diabetes, and the American Diabetes Association reports that 5.1 million Americans have diabetes and do not know it. Statistically, the odds are that the majority of your readers know someone with diabetes, have been diagnosed with diabetes, or have diabetes and do not know it yet.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that diabetes is the 6th leading cause of reported deaths in the U.S. annually. But the CDC also states that the number of people who die from diabetes complications is actually three times higher than what is reported on death certificates which would rank diabetes as high as the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.
Diabetes does not kill people. Complications from diabetes kills people. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, amputation, and blindness.
There is no cure for diabetes, but most of the complications from diabetes can be prevented if people are diagnosed and treated early.
I urge you to let your readers know about World Diabetes Day. Diabetes has now been classified as being “a global epidemic” by the CDC. The more people who participate in World Diabetes Day, the greater the chances are of saving lives and finding a cure.
You can learn more about this important event at: www.wddusa.org.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Contact Information
Lalhe A Wolfe is Founder of iPump.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit that distributes pump supplies to those in need.
Can I get information on Diabetes for writing to an Indian News paper editor ?
Regards
Sriramamurthy Dr.
What about Canadian statistics as well. In this example it is mentioned that diabetes is a global epidemic we should have some global stats to support it. That way anybody could site statistics to there paper to support there demographic location.
Thanks.