More than 37 million people in the United States have diabetes, and 1 in 5 of them don’t know they have it.
96 million US adults—over a third—have prediabetes, and more than 8 in 10 of them don’t know they have it.
Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States (and may be underreported).
Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes; type 1 diabetes accounts for approximately 5-10%.
In the last 20 years, the number of adults diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled as the American population has aged and become more overweight or obese.
Cost
Medical costs and lost work and wages for people with diagnosed diabetes total $327 billion yearly.
Medical costs for people with diabetes are twice as high as for people who don’t have diabetes.
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