Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 8

U.S. Diabetes Prevalence
20 Years or Older, 2005

Note:

• About 20.6 million or 9.6 percent of all people 20 years or older have diabetes.

• About 10.3 million or 20.9 percent of all people 60 years or older have diabetes.

• About 11 million or 10.5 percent of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes.

• About 10 million or 8.8 percent of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes.

Reference

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet: general information and national estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2005. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2005.