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Diabetes
Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected national statistics
and facts related to diabetes. This information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source documents below each bulleted
section to determine the exact context.
For more resources on this topic, visit: Diabetes: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/diabetes.htm
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According to 1990-2000 data from the United States Renal Data System and
the National Health Interview Survey, the number of new cases of
End-Stage Renal Disease attributed to diabetes mellitus (ESRD-DM)
increased overall.
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The incidence of ESRD-DM among persons with diabetes is not increasing
among blacks, Hispanics, men, and persons aged 65-74 years, and it is
declining among persons aged <65 years, women, and whites.
Source: Incidence of End-Stage Renal
Disease among Persons with Diabetes- United States, 1990-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5443a2.htm
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Diabetes now affects nearly 21 million Americans– or 7 percent of the
U.S. population– and more than 6 million of those people do not know
they have diabetes. This number represents an additional 2.6 million
people with diabetes since 2002. •
Another 41 million people are estimated to have pre-diabetes, a
condition that increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes– the
most common form of the disease– as well as heart disease and stroke.
Source: General Information and National Estimates on
Diabetes in the United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/fs051026.htm
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• In 2003, the mean
duration of diabetes among adults aged 18-79 years was 10.6 years among
men and 11.1 years among women.
• In the small number of years for which data are available, mean
duration of diabetes did not change for either men or women, and women
generally had longer durations than men.
Source: Duration of
Diabetes among Adults Aged 18–79 Years
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/duration/
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• In 2002,
Non-Hispanic blacks had substantially more years of potential life lost
than non-Hispanic whites for diabetes (three times as many).
Source: Health
Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans- United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a1.htm
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• According to
results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES III) 1988-1994 and NHANES 1999-2002, most adults aged >20
years with diagnosed diabetes were overweight or obese.
• During 1999-2002, the prevalence of overweight or obesity was 85.2%,
and the prevalence of obesity was 54.8%.
• Among women in the 1999-2002 survey, the prevalence of overweight or
obesity was 84.2%, and the prevalence of obesity was 58.0%.
• Compared with women aged >65 years, women aged 20-64 years had
a significantly higher prevalence of obesity (64.7% versus 47.4%).
Source: Prevalence
of Overweight and Obesity among Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes- United
States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5345a2.htm
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• The 2002 National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS) identified a substantially higher
prevalence of visual impairment and eye disease among persons aged >50
years with diabetes compared with those without diabetes.
• The prevalence of visual impairment, cataracts, and glaucoma was
higher among persons aged >50 years with diabetes than among
those without diabetes, overall, and for most groups examined.
• Among persons with diabetes, the age-adjusted prevalence of visual
impairment was higher among women than men (28.5% versus 19.2%) and
higher among those with less than high school education than among
those with high school or more education (30.5% versus 20.9%).
• Among persons with diabetes, the prevalence of cataracts was higher
among persons aged >65 years than persons aged 50-64 years
(50.3% versus 16.1%), higher among women than men (37.3% versus 26.7%),
and higher among non-Hispanic whites than those of other racial/ethnic
populations (34.8% versus 24.1%).
Prevalence of
Visual Impairment and Selected Eye Diseases among Persons Aged >50
Years With and Without Diabetes- United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5345a3.htm
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| • The socioeconomic status of women with diabetes in 2000 was markedly lower than that of
women without diabetes. • Women with diabetes were more likely than women without
diabetes to be aged >45 years; nonwhite; divorced, separated, or widowed; living alone; retired; or unable to work.
• Overall, women with diabetes were approximately twice as likely as women without
diabetes to have an annual household income <$25,000.
• Women account for approximately 52% of all persons aged >20 years with diabetes.
Source: Socioeconomic Status of Women with Diabetes - United States, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5107a3.htm
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| • More than 17 million people in the United States have diabetes, and more than half (9.1
million) of them are women. • From 1990 to 2000, diabetes rates increased 50% for
women.
• The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2-4 times higher among black, Hispanic, American
Indian, and Asian/Pacific Islander women than among white women.
• The risk of heart disease, the most common complication of diabetes, is more serious
among women than men. Among people with diabetes who have had a heart attack, women have lower survival rates and a poorer quality of life
than men.
• The increased prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls may play a role in the
increase in type 2 diabetes among adolescents in the 1990s.
• Death rates for women aged 25-44 years with diabetes are more than 3 times the rate for women without diabetes.
• Coronary heart disease is an important cause of illness among middle-aged women with
diabetes, and rates are 3-7 times higher among women 45-64 years old with diabetes than women without diabetes.
• Between 1980 and 1994, the number of recognized new cases of diabetes among women aged
65 years and older increased from 97,000 to 181,000 (45.7 percent).
Source: Diabetes & Women’s Health Across the Life Stages: A Public Health Perspective,
2001
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/women.pdf
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| • The age-adjusted prevalence of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) for women with
diabetes is twice that for women without diabetes. • The age-adjusted major CVD
hospital discharge rate for women with diabetes is almost four times the rate for women without diabetes.
• CVD is the leading cause of death among all women and the risk for death from CVD among
women with diabetes is two to four times higher than that for women without diabetes.
Source: Major Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) During 1997-1999 and Major CVD Hospital
Discharge Rates in 1997 Among Women with Diabetes - United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5043a2.htm
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