Diabetes: The Numbers - Slide 13

Hispanic/Latino Americans and Diabetes

• 9.5 percent of all Hispanic/Latino Americans have diabetes

• Mexican Americans are 1.7 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites

Note:

• It is estimated that 2.5 million or 9.5 percent of all Hispanic/Latino Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes.

• Mexican Americans are 1.7 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. Most data are available for Mexican Americans. More data are needed to derive estimates for other Hispanic/Latino Americans.

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.