Diabetes
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 10.7% (2003-2006)
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 7.7% (2003-2006)
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 3.0% (2003-2006)
Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 50 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 30.5 million
Sources: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Summary Tables, table 9 [PDF - 382 KB]
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Outpatient Department Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF - 330 KB]
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 12 [PDF - 481 KB]
(data shown are based on summing estimates across these 3 tables)
Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 6 [PDF - 797 KB]
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with diabetes as first-listed diagnosis: 691,000
- Average length of stay: 5.0 days
Home health care
- Number of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 164,300 (2007)
- Percent of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 11.3% (2007)
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with diabetes: 362,000
- Percent of residents with diabetes: 24.2%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 68,705
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 22.4
- Cause of death rank: 7
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10, 11[PDF - 2.1 MB]
More data
- Age-adjusted death rates for selected cause of death by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2011, table 24 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 106 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Deaths: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
- Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 104 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 105 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
- Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Summary Tables [PDF - 382 KB]
- National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 330 KB]
- Search Tables for Diabetes in Health Data Interactive
- Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- Years of potential life lost before age 75 for selected causes of death, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2011, table 25 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
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