Diabetes

Data are for the U.S.

Morbidity: Adults age 20 and older
  • Percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 16.2% (2017-2020)

Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020 Prepandemic Data Files—Development of Files and Prevalence Estimates for Selected Health Outcomes, Table 8 [PDF – 436 KB]

  • Percent with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 11.3% (2015-2018)
  • Percent with undiagnosed diabetes: 4.6 (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, table 14 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

Physician office visits
  • Number of visits to physician offices with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 38.2 million
  • Percent of visits to physician offices with type 1, type 2, and other unspecified type diabetes indicated on the medial record: 14.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 14, 16 [PDF – 865 KB]

Emergency department visits
  • Number of visits to emergency departments with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 579,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 National Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF – 830 KB]

Mortality
  • Number of deaths: 103,294
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 31.1
  • Cause of death rank: 8

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER