Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 11

American Indians and Alaska Natives and Diabetes

• 12.8 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives had diabetes in 2003

• 2.2 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites

Note:

• About 99,500 or 12.8 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 20 years or older who received care from the Indian Health Service (IHS) in 2003 had diabetes.

• American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.2 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites.

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.