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Wow! I recently saw 1 in 3 people are prediabetic. Wow! To me that is a staggering number. That could be someone you know, or it could be you. Here are numbers that show USA diabetes.

Statistics About Diabetes Overall Numbers, Diabetes and Prediabetes

Prevalence: In 2015, 30.3 million Americans, or 9.4% of the population, had diabetes. Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have type 1 diabetes. Undiagnosed: Of the 30.3 million adults with diabetes, 23.1 million were diagnosed, and 7.2 million were undiagnosed.

Prevalence in Seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and older remains high, at 25.2%, or 12.0 million seniors (diagnosed and undiagnosed). New Cases: 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.

Prediabetes: In 2015, 84.1 million Americans age 18 and older had prediabetes.

Deaths: Diabetes remains the 7th leading cause of death in the United States in 2015, with 79,535 death certificates listing it as the underlying cause of death, and a total of 252,806 death certificates listing diabetes as an underlying or contributing cause of death.

Diabetes in Youth About 193,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes, approximately 0.24% of that population. In 2011—2012, the annual incidence of diagnosed diabetes in youth was estimated at 17,900 with type 1 diabetes, 5,300 with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes by Race/Ethnicity The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults by race/ethnic background are:

7.4% of non-Hispanic whites 8.0% of Asian Americans 12.1% of Hispanics 12.7% of non-Hispanic blacks 15.1% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives

The breakdown among Asian Americans:

4.3% for Chinese 8.9% for Filipinos 11.2% for Asian Indians 8.5% for other Asian Americans.

The breakdown among Hispanic adults:

8.5% for Central and South Americans 9.0% for Cubans 13.8% for Mexican Americans 12.0% for Puerto Ricans.

Deaths Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2015 based on the 79,535 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2015, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 252,806 certificates.

Cost of Diabetes Updated March 22, 2018

$327 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2017 $237 billion for direct medical costs $90 billion in reduced productivity After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.

Reference: Statistics About Diabetes, American Diabetes Association Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2017 CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2017

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Those numbers show part of what not taking care of our health can do. This is why it is very important to have a healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle will improve our opportunity to avoid becoming diabetic. Make sure that you are doing everything you can to help yourself. Please share this information with others so they understand how serious this is.

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