National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011
Citation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: national estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
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FAST FACTS ON DIABETES
Diabetes affects 25.8 million people 8.3% of the U.S. population
Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9%, • had diabetes in 2010.
About 215,000 people younger than 20 years had diabetes (type 1 or • type 2) in the United States in 2010.
About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly • diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States.
In 2005–2008, based on fasting glucose or hemoglobin A1c levels, • 35% of U.S. adults aged 20 years or older had prediabetes (50% of
adults aged 65 years or older). Applying this percentage to the entire U.S. population in 2010 yields an estimated 79 million American adults aged 20 years or older with prediabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-• limb amputations, and new cases of blindness among adults in the
United States.
DIAGNOSED 18.8 million people
UNDIAGNOSED 7.0 million people
Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.•
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.•
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Diabetes Translation
All ages, 2010
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Citation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact sheet: national estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011.
CS217080A
FAST FACTS ON DIABETES
Diabetes affects 25.8 million people 8.3% of the U.S. population
Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9%, • had diabetes in 2010.
About 215,000 people younger than 20 years had diabetes (type 1 or • type 2) in the United States in 2010.
About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly • diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States.
In 2005–2008, based on fasting glucose or hemoglobin A1c levels, • 35% of U.S. adults aged 20 years or older had prediabetes (50% of
adults aged 65 years or older). Applying this percentage to the entire U.S. population in 2010 yields an estimated 79 million American adults aged 20 years or older with prediabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-• limb amputations, and new cases of blindness among adults in the
United States.
DIAGNOSED 18.8 million people
UNDIAGNOSED 7.0 million people
Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.•
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.•
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Diabetes Translation
All ages, 2010
click here to download pdf
http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&
