Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Diabetes in the U.S.

• U.S. prevalence: 14.6 million diagnosed, 6.2 million undiagnosed
• Our research focuses on Type-2 diabetes
  • 90-95% of all diabetics
  • "Adult-onset"
  • Impaired response to insulin to regulate blood sugar
• Tremendous annual incidence of co-morbidity
  • Every day diabetics across the country suffer harm:
    • 33 people become blind
    • 118 begin treatment for kidney failure
    • 225 undergo lower extremity amputations
• Estimated direct cost of $92 Billion in 2002