Diabetes

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 11.9% (2007-2010)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 8.5% (2007-2010)
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 3.4% (2007-2010)

Source: Health, United States, 2012, table 45 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 37.3 million

Sources: Selected patient and provider characteristics for ambulatory care visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments: United States, 2009-2010 [PDF - 127 KB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with diabetes as first-listed diagnosis: 635,000
• Average length of stay: 4.6 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 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: 11.3% (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: 24.2%

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

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths:  69,071
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 22.4
• Cause of death rank: 7

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2010, table 9, 10, 11 [PDF - 3.1 MB]

More data

• Age-adjusted death rates for selected cause of death by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2012, table 20 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2012, table 97 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2012, table 95 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2012, table 96 [PDF - 9.8 MB]>
• Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Summary Tables [PDF - 404 KB]
• National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 375 KB]
• Search Tables for Diabetes in Health Data Interactive
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2011 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
• Years of potential life lost before age 75 for selected causes of death, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2012, table 21 [PDF - 9.8 MB]