DIABETES FACTS

DIABETES AND PRE-DIABETES AMONG AMERICANS

Prevalence of Diabetes

Total: 17.0 million people -- 6.2 % of the population -- have diabetes.

Diagnosed: 11.1 million people

Undiagnosed: 5.9 million people

Prevalence of diabetes among people 20 years or older:

Age 65 years or older: 7.0 million. 20.1% of all people in this age group have diabetes.

Men: 7.8 million. 8.3% of all men have diabetes.

Women: 9.1 million. 8.9% of all women have diabetes.

Non-Hispanic whites: 11.4 million. 7.8% of all non-Latino whites have diabetes.

African Americans: 2.8 million. 13.0% of all African Americans have diabetes.

Hispanic/Latino Americans: 2.0 million. 10.2% of all Latino Americans have diabetes.

Native Americans and Alaska Natives (from U.S. Indian Health Service data): 105,000. 15.1% of these combined populations have diabetes.

Incidence of Diabetes

New cases diagnosed per year: 1.0 million people aged 20 years or older.

Prevalence of Pre-Diabetes*

• Among U.S. adults 40-74 years of age, at least 16.0 million (15.6% of the population) have pre-diabetes, the state that occurs when a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes.
  • In a recent study, about 11 percent of people with pre-diabetes developed type 2 diabetes during each year of the study.
  • Other studies show that most people with pre-diabetes develop type 2 diabetes in 10 years.
  • IGT is a condition in which the blood glucose level is elevated (between 140 and 199 mg/dl in a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test) but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.
  • IFG is a condition in which the fasting blood glucose level is elevated (between 110 and 125 mg/dl after an overnight fast) but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.
  • Among U.S. adults 40-74 years of age, 16.0 million (15.6%) have IGT and 10.0 million (9.7%) have IFG.

*As defined by impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG).

For more information in English or Spanish, contact the American Diabetes Association
at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383), or visit our Web site at www.diabetes.org.

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