Diabetes

About 90 to 95% of people with diabetes have type 2. View fact here.

http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/NationalDiabetesFactSheetRev.pdf

10.3 million Americans age 60 or older have diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/prevalence.jsp

20.8 million Americans (7% of the population) have diabetes, yet about 6.2 of them have not been diagnosed with it.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/prevalence.jsp

African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Alaska Natives and older adults have higher rates of type 2 diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes.jsp

Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/complications.jsp

Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20 to 74 years of age.

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/estimates.htm

Diabetes is the leading cause of end stage renal disease.

http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/estimates.htm

The rate of amputation in people with diabetes is 10 times higher than in people without diabetes.

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/complications.jsp