Diabetes
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity: Adults ages 20 and older
- Percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 15.9% (2015-2018)
- 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
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
More data
- Early Release of Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
- Tables of Summary Health Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
- Trends in Diabetes from Health, United States
- Trends and Characteristics in Gestational Diabetes: United States, 2016-2020 [PDF – 774 KB]
- Strategies Used by Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2017–2018
- Eye Disorders and Vision Loss Among U.S. Adults Ages 45 and Older With Diagnosed Diabetes, 2016–2017
- Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Adults: United States, 2013 – 2016
- Emergency Department Visits by Patients Ages 45 and Older With Diabetes: United States, 2015
- Diabetes and Prediabetes Among Adults in Los Angeles County and the United States, 1999-2006 and 2007-2014 [PDF – 294 KB]
- Diabetes in America, 3rd edition
- National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2022
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- Mortality Statistics
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Home and Hospice Care Survey
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- American Diabetes Association