U.S. Diabetes Statistics

The Impact of Diabetes in the U.S.

• Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the U.S.
• There are 25.8 million people with diabetes (18.8million diagnosed/ 7.0 undiagnosed)
• Annual estimated cost of diabetes is $174 billion - direct and indirect.
• Using fasting glucose levels or A1C levels, 35% of U.S. adults (20yr+) had prediabetes in 2005-2008.
• Applying this to the U.S. population (20+) in 2010 puts the estimate at 79 million Americans with prediabetes. 

Disparities - Diagnosed Diabetes

• 7.1% of non-Hispanic whites 
• 8.4% of Asian Americans 
• 11.8% of Hispanics
• Among Hispanics, rates were 7.6% for both Cubans and for Central and South Americans, 13.3% for Mexican Americans, and 13.8% for Puerto Ricans.
• 12.6% of non-Hispanic blacks 

Risk of Diagnosed Diabetes
Compared to non-Hispanic white adults

• 18% higher among Asian Americans
• 66% higher among Hispanics
• Risk of diagnosis was similar for Cubans, Central and South Americans but significantly higher among Mexican Americans (%87)and Puerto Ricans (%94)
• 77% higher among non-Hispanic blacks.

(National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011)