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American Indians/Alaska Natives are twice as likely to be told by a physician that they have diabetes as their non-Hispanic white counterparts. They are also almost twice as likely to die from diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. Data is limited for this population.

• American Indian/Alaska Native adults are over twice as likely as white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes.
• American Indians/Alaska Natives were 1.8 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes in 2009.

At a glance – Diagnosed Cases of Diabetes:

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

Source: CDC 2010. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 2004-2008. Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr020.pdf [PDF |304KB]

Source: CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults:2010. Table 8.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3MB]

At a glance – Prevalence Rate:

National Diabetes Surveillance System
Data not available at this time.

At a glance – Death Rate:

Source: CDC, 2012. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol. 60, Num 3 Table 17 and Table 16.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf [PDF | 2MB]

At a Glance – Risk Factors:

There are severak risk factors related to diabetes. Some of these risk factors are:

Obesity and Overweight – See Obesity and American Indians/Native Americans

Hypertension – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

High Cholesterol – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

Cigarette Smoking – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

At a Glance – Treatment:

Source:  CDC, 2012. Healthy People 2010 Database. Table 05-14.
http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010

National Healthcare Quality Report
Data not available at this time.