Total: 20.8 million people have diabetes.
Diagnosed: 14.6 million people
Undiagnosed: 6.2 million people
Prevalence of Diabetes Among People Under 20 Years of Age
About 176,500 people less than 20 years of age have diabetes. This represents 0.22% of all people in this age group.
Approximately one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes.
Clinic-based reports and regional studies indicate that type 2 diabetes is becoming more common among Native American/American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanics and Latinos.
Prevalence of Diabetes Among People 20 Years or Older
Age 20 Years or Older: 20.6 million. 9.6% of all people in this age group have diabetes.
Age 60 Years or Older: 10.3 million. 20.9% of all people in this age group have diabetes.
Men: 10.9 million. 10.5% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes. The projected increase of diabetes in men from 2005 to the year 2050 is 174%.
Women: 9.7 million. 8.8% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes. The projected increase of diabetes in women from 2005 to the year 2050 is 220%.
Prevalence of Diabetes by Race/Ethnicity Among People 20 Years or Older
Non-Hispanic Whites: 13.1 million. 8.7% of all non-Hispanic whites aged 20 years or older have diabetes. The projected increase of diabetes in non-Hispanic whites from 2005 to the year 2050 is 113%.
Non-Hispanic Blacks: 3.2 million. 13.3% of all non-Hispanic blacks aged 20 years or older have diabetes. On average, non-Hispanic blacks are 1.8 times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites of similar age. The projected increase of diabetes in non-Hispanic blacks from 2005 to the year 2050 is 208%.
Hispanic/Latino Americans: After adjusting for population age differences, Mexican Americans, the largest Hispanic/Latino Americans subgroup, are 1.7 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. If the prevalence of
diabetes among Mexican Americans was applied to the total Hispanic/Latino population, about 2.5 million (9.5%) Hispanic/Latino Americans aged 20 years or older would have diabetes. Sufficient data are not available to derive estimates of the total prevalence of diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes) for other Hispanic/Latino groups. However, residents of Puerto Rico are 1.8 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as U.S. non-Hispanic whites.
American Indians and Alaska Natives who Receive Care From the Indian Health Service (IHS): 99,500. 12.8% of American Indians and Alaska Natives aged 20 years or older receiving care from IHS have diabetes. On average, American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.2 times more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanic whites of similar age.
Asian Americans and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders: The total prevalence of diabetes (both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes) is not available for Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders. However, in Hawaii, Asians, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders aged 20 years or older are more than 2 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as whites after adjusting for population age differences. Similarly, in California, Asians were 1.5 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. Other groups within these populations also have increased risk for diabetes.
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