A statistical diabetes data

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 This is a statistical diabetes fact sheet and the statistics says a complete report about people who are affected with diabetes.

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Diabetes Fact Sheet

Total: 23.6 million children and adults in the United States—7.8% of the population—have diabetes.

Diagnosed: 17.9 million people

Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people

Pre-diabetes: 57 million people

New Cases: 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older each year.

Total prevalence of diabetes


Under 20 years of age

  • 186,300, or 0.22% of all people in this age group have diabetes
  • About 1 in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes
  • About 2 million adolescents aged 12-19 have pre-diabetes
Age 20 years or older
  • 23.5 million, or 10.7% of all people in this age group have diabetes
Age 60 years or older
  • 12.2 million, or 23.1% of all people in this age group have diabetes
Men
  • 12.0 million, or 11.2% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes
Women
  • 11.5 million, or 10.2% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes
Race and ethnic differences in prevalence of diagnosed diabetes
After adjusting for population age differences, 2004-2006 national survey data for people diagnosed with diabetes, aged 20 years or older include the following prevalence by race/ethnicity:
  • 6.6% of non-Hispanic whites
  • 7.5% of Asian Americans
  • 11.8% of non-Hispanic blacks
  • 10.4% of Hispanics
Among Hispanics rates were:
  • 8.2% for Cubans
  • 11.9% for Mexican Americans
  • 12.6% for Puerto Ricans. 
Courtesy: Diabetes.org
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