Diabetes

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed): 11% (2005-2008)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diagnosed diabetes: 8.2% (2005-2008)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 3.1% (2005-2008)

Source: Health, United States, 2010, table 50 [PDF - 9.4 MB]

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 27.7 million

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 6 [PDF - 797 KB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with diabetes as first-listed diagnosis: 691,000
• Average length of stay: 5.0 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Home health care

• Number of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 164,300 (2007)
• Percent of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 11% (2007)

Source: Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007, table 3 [PDF - 430 KB]

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with diabetes: 362,000
• Percent of residents with diabetes: 24%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths:  68,705
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 22.4
• Cause of death rank: 7

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10, 11[PDF - 1.4 MB]

More data

• Age-adjusted death rates for selected cause of death by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2010, table 24 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2010, table 102 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Deaths: Final Data for 2009 [PDF - 1.4 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2010, table 100 [PDF - 9.4 MB]
• Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Summary Tables [PDF - 478 KB]
• National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 343 KB]
• Search Tables for Diabetes in Health Data Interactive
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010 [PDF - 1.3 MB]