Diabetes
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity: Adults aged 20 and over
- Percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 15% (2013-2016)
- Percent with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 10.5% (2013-2016)
- Percent with undiagnosed diabetes: 4.5% (2013-2016)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 14 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Percent of visits to physician offices with diabetes indicated on the medical record: 11.5%
Emergency department visits
- Percent of visits to emergency departments with diabetes indicated on the medical record: 12.1%
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 83,564
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 25.7
- Cause of death rank: 7
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, tables 6, 7, B pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
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
- Strategies Used by Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes to Reduce Their Prescription Drug Costs, 2017–2018
- Eye Disorders and Vision Loss Among U.S. Adults Aged 45 and Over With Diagnosed Diabetes, 2016–2017
- Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes Among Adults: United States, 2013 – 2016
- Emergency Department Visits by Patients Aged 45 and Over With Diabetes: United States, 2015
- Diabetes and Prediabetes Among Adults in Los Angeles County and the United States, 1999-2006 and 2007-2014 pdf icon[PDF – 294 KB]
- Any Visit to the Eye Doctor in the Past 12 Months Among Adults Diagnosed With Diabetes, by Years Since Diabetes Diagnosis and by Age: United States, 2012-2013
- Health Care Utilization Among U.S. Adults With Diagnosed Diabetes, 2013
- Vaccination Coverage among Adults with Diagnosed Diabetes, United States, 2015
- Diabetes in America, 3rd Editionexternal icon
- National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 1.35 MB]
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Home and Hospice Care Survey
- Mortality data
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseasesexternal icon
- American Diabetes Associationexternal icon
Page last reviewed: February 21, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics