100 million people in the United States have diabetes or prediabetes and this number is growing. The CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) recently released the newest National Diabetes Statistics Report, which highlights current data on diabetes incidence and prevalence, risk factors for complications and mortality.
The newest report includes county-level data, allowing providers to pinpoint where the greatest diabetes burden and disparities exist and to help inform where to focus their efforts to reduce and control diabetes throughout the United States.
You may use choose to utilize the report and infographics to address diabetes in your community. Read the National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2017.
Some of the statistics released include:
- 30.3 million people had diabetes in 2015, which is 9.4 percent of the population, or nearly one in 10 people
- There were 1.5 million newly diagnosed cases of diabetes for U.S. adults in 2015
- There are 7.2 million Americans, or 24 percent, who do not even know they have it
- 84.1 million U.S. adults have prediabetes, which is 34 percent of adults
- 61 percent of U.S. adults who are diagnosed with diabetes are obese and an additional 26% are overweight
- 16 percent of adults diagnosed with diabetes are smokers, and 35% used to smoke but quit
- 74 percent of adults diagnosed with diabetes have high blood pressure
- The total cost of caring for Americans with diabetes in 2012 is $254 billion, or an average of $13,700 per patient
For more information about diabetes and CDC’s diabetes prevention efforts, visit http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes
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