ContributorsPrologue to International Studies in the Epidemiology of DiabetesInternational Studies in the Epidemiology of DiabetesComparison of Diabetes Prevalence Rates in Oxford (1946) and Sudbury (1964) I. Introduction II. Materials and Methods III. Results IV. Discussion V. Summary ReferencesThe Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Rochester, Minnesota, 1945-1969 I. Introduction II. Background III. Methods IV. Results V. Discussion ReferencesDiabetes in American Indians I. Introduction II. The Tribes III. Previous Rarity of Diabetes IV. The Massive Epidemic V. Statistics of the Indian Health Service VI. Special Features in Diabetes VII. Etiology VIII. Summary ReferencesIncidence of Diabetes Among the Pima Indians I. Introduction II. Methods III. Results and Discussion IV. Summary ReferencesBlood Sugar and Serum Insulin Levels in Jamaica, West Indies I. Introduction II. The Population Sample III. Methods IV. Results V. Discussion VI. Subsequent Studies VII. Summary ReferencesVariations in Incidence of Diabetes Among 10,000 Adult Israeli Males and the Factors Related to their Development I. Materials and Methods II. Results III. Discussion Appendix: The Variables Examined ReferencesEpidemiology of Diabetes in South Africa I. The Peoples of South Africa II. Early Reports from Natal III. Studies in the Transvaal IV. Definitive Studies in Natal V. Cape Town Studies VI. Some Comparisons and Discussion VII. Further Findings and Analyses VIII. Metabolic Considerations IX. Some Conclusions ReferencesPrevalence of Diabetes in India I. Introduction II. Materials and Methods III. Results and Discussion IV. Summary ReferencesVascular Complications in Diabetes in Japan I. Introduction II. Frequency and Clinical Features of Diabetes Mellitus in Japan III. Causes of Death in Diabetic Patients IV. Vascular Complications in Diabetic Patients: Clinical Observations V. Summary References Editor's CommentPreliminary Studies of the Prevalence and Mortality of Diabetes Mellitus in Japanese in Japan and on the Island of Hawaii I. Introduction II. Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Japanese in Hiroshima and on the Island of Hawaii III. Mortality of Diabetes Mellitus in Japanese and Caucasians on the Island of Hawaii and Japanese in Japan IV. Discussion V. Summary ReferencesThe High Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Nauru, a Central Pacific Island I. Introduction II. Epidemiology of Diabetes in the Pacific Region III. The Present Study IV. Results V. Comments and Conclusions ReferencesThe Relationships of Diabetes, Blood Lipids, and Uric Acid Levels in Polynesians I. Introduction II. Screening Methods III. Results from the 1962-1965 Studies: Low-Risk and High-Risk Population Samples in the Pacific IV. New Zealand Maori Studies-1968-1969 and 1974 V. Tokelau Island Migrant Study VI. Body Mass and Diabetes in New Zealand Maori and Tokelauans VII. Diabetes in the Kingdom of Tonga-1973 Survey VIII. Discussion IX. The Pacific Needs ReferencesHLA Studies in Diabetes Mellitus: A Review I. Introduction II. HLA and Disease Association Studies III. HLA and Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus IV. Possible Clinical Implications of the HLA-IDDM Association V. Mechanism of the HLA-IDDM Association VI. HLA and the Other Types of Diabetes Mellitus VII. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesEpilogue TextThe Central Nervous System, Pancreatic Hormones, Feeding, and Obesity I. Introduction II. Pancreatic Hormone Secretion III. Innervation of the Islets of Langerhans IV. Neural Regulation of Pancreatic Hormone Secretion V. Ventral Hypothalamus: Central Control of Glucose Regulation VI.