Diabetes

National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011
FAST FACTS ON DIABETES Diabetes affects 25.8 million people 8.3% of the U.S. population
DIAGNOSED 18.8 million people UNDIAGNOSED 7.0 million people
All ages, 2010

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Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9%, had diabetes in 2010.

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About 215,000 people younger than 20 years had diabetes (type 1 or type 2) in theUnited States in 2010.

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About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States.

Citation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: national estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, 2011.

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In 2005–2008, based on fasting glucose or hemoglobin A1c levels, 35% of U.S. adults aged 20 years or older had prediabetes (50% of adults aged 65 years or older). Applying this percentage to the entire U.S. population in 2010 yields an estimated 79 million American adults aged 20 years or older with prediabetes.

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Diabetes is the leading cause ofkidney failure, nontraumatic lowerlimb amputations, and new cases of blindness among adults in the United States.

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Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Diabetes Translation
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Estimation methods
Theestimates in this fact sheet were derived from various data systems of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS), the U.S. Renal Data System of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Census Bureau, and published studies. The estimated percentages and the total number of people with diabetes andprediabetes were derived from 2005– 2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2007–2009 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2009 IHS data, and 2010 U.S. resident population estimates. The diabetes and prediabetes estimates from NHANES were applied to the 2010 U.S. resident population estimates to derive the estimated number of adults with diabetes or prediabetes. Themethods used to generate the estimates for the fact sheet may vary over time and need to be considered before comparing fact sheets. In contrast to the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, which used fasting glucose data to estimate undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes, the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet uses both fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c (A1c) levels to derive estimates for undiagnoseddiabetes and prediabetes. These tests were chosen because they are most frequently used in clinical practice. Detailed information about the data sources, methods, and references are available at http://www.cdc.gov/ diabetes/pubs/references11.htm.

Diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes among people aged 20 years or older, United States, 2010
Group Age ≥20 years Age ≥65 years Men Women Non-Hispanicwhites Non-Hispanic blacks Number or percentage who have diabetes 25.6 million or 11.3% of all people in this age group 10.9 million or 26.9% of all people in this age group 13.0 million or 11.8% of all men aged 20 years or older 12.6 million or 10.8% of all women aged 20 years or older 15.7 million or 10.2% of all non-Hispanic whites aged 20 years or older 4.9 million or 18.7% of all non-Hispanicblacks aged 20 years or older

Sufficient data are not available to estimate the total prevalence of diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) for other U.S. racial/ethnic minority populations.
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Diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes
Estimated percentage of people aged 20 years or older with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, by age group, United States, 2005–2008

26.9%

13.7%

3.7%...