DIABETES IN AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES |
16.3% |
Percent of American Indian and Alaska Native adults who have diagnosed diabetes (compared with 8.7% of non-Hispanic whites) |
1,758 |
Number of American Indian and Alaska Native youth under the age of 19 who have diagnosed diabetes (2005) |
68% |
Percent increase in diabetes from 1994 to 2004 in American Indian and Alaska Native youth aged 15-19 years |
95% |
Percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives with diabetes who have type 2 diabetes (as opposed to type 1 diabetes) |
30% |
Estimated percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives who have pre-diabetes |
2.2 times higher |
Likelihood of American Indians and Alaska Natives to have diabetes compared with non-Hispanic whites |
58% |
Increase in diabetes prevalence among American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 20–29 from 1990 to 1998, as compared with 9.1% in the U.S. general population |
3 times higher |
Death rate due to diabetes for American Indians and Alaska Natives compared with the general U.S. population (2004) |
3.5 times higher |
Rate of diabetes-related kidney failure in American Indians and Alaska Natives compared with the general U.S. population (2004) |
18.5% |
Percent reduction in new cases of kidney failure in American Indians and Alaska Natives from 1999 to 2004 |
3-4 times higher |
The risk for developing cardiovascular disease in American Indians and Alaska Natives with diabetes compared with American Indians and Alaska Natives without diabetes |
66% |
Percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives with cardiovascular disease that had diabetes first |