Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 7

U.S. Diabetes Prevalence
All Ages, 2005

• 20.8 million people have diabetes

  • Diagnosed: 14.6 million people
    • Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 – 10%

    • Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90 – 95%

  • Undiagnosed: 6.2 million people

Note:

In 2005, at least 15 million Americans had been diagnosed with diabetes and another 6 million were undiagnosed—for a total of about 21 million Americans with diabetes.

Of diagnosed cases, type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 to 10 percent and type 2 diabetes accounts for 90 to 95 percent.

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.