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Crude and Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults with Diabetes Using Any Diabetes Medication, United States, 1997–2011

From 1997 to 2011, trends in crude and age-adjusted percentages of adults aged 18 years or older with diagnosed diabetes taking any diabetes medication (pills, insulin, or both) were similar and showed little or no change. In 2011, 85.3% of adults with diagnosed diabetes reported taking pills or insulin for their diabetes.

Crude and Age-Standardized Percent of Adults with Diabetes Using Any Diabetes Medication, United States, 1997-2011. Links for data figures, sources, methods and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this image.
 

Year Either Pills or Insulin or Both
Crude Age-Adjusted
Percent Std
Error		 Percent Std
Error
1997 82.4 0.7 77.3 1.2
1998 82.6 0.6 77.2 1.0
1999 84.1 0.6 78.7 1.0
2000 84.5 0.5 79.9 0.9
2001 84.9 0.5 80.6 0.9
2002 84.7 0.5 80.5 0.8
2003 85.1 0.5 80.3 0.9
2004 85.3 0.5 80.5 0.9
2005 84.4 0.6 78.8 1.0
2006 84.3 0.6 78.2 1.1
2007 83.8 0.7 76.6 1.3
2008 83.9 0.6 76.7 1.3
2009 84.0 0.6 77.5 1.1
2010 84.7 0.5 79.6 0.9
2011 85.3 0.6 81.0 1.0

 

Methods and Limitations

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. Data analyzed by personnel in the CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Page last modified: November 20, 2012
Page last reviewed: November 20, 2012