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.