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Diabetes Facts
The Scope of Diabetes
United States
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20.8 million Americans have diabetes
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6.2 million of these have it but don’t know it
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1.5 million new cases diagnosed in adults 20 years or older in
2005—up from 878,000 in 1997 -
The incidence of diabetes will increase 165% between the years 2000 and 2050
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The lifetime risk for people born in 2000 for developing diabetes is: 1 in every 3 males; 2 in every 5 females
California
- Approximately 1.7 million Californians have been diagnosed
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An additional 600,000 Californians are undiagnosed
San Diego County
According to the California Diabetes Prevalence Report, the number
of people with diabetes in
San Diego County is 113,130 – a
little more than the populations of El Cajon
and Alpine combined
Racial and Ethnic Diabetes Prevalence
Non-Hispanic
whites: 13.1 million, or 8.7% of all non-Hispanic whites
aged 20 years or older have diabetes.
Non-Hispanic Blacks: 3.2 million, or 13.3% of all non-Hispanic blacks
aged 20 years or older have diabetes. After adjusting for population
age differences, non-Hispanic blacks are 1.8 times as likely to have
diabetes as non-Hispanic whites.
Hispanic/Latino Americans: After adjusting for population age differences,
Mexican Americans, the largest Hispanic/Latino subgroup, are 1.7 times
as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. If the prevalence
of diabetes among Mexican Americans was applied to the total Hispanic/Latino
population, about 2.5 million (9.5%) Hispanic/Latino Americans aged
20 years or older would have diabetes.
American Indians/Alaska natives: 118,000 (15.1%) American Indians and
Alaska Natives aged 20 years or older have diabetes (both diagnosed
and undiagnosed diabetes). Taking into account population age differences,
American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.2 times as likely to have
diabetes as non-Hispanic whites.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: The total prevalence of diabetes
(both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes) is not available for Asian
Americans or Pacific Islanders. However, in Hawaii, Asians, Native
Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders aged 20 years or older are more
than 2 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as whites after adjusting
for population age differences. Similarly, in California, Asians were
1.5 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as non-Hispanic whites.
Economical Impact
Total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion
Direct medical expenditures totaled $92 billion:
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$23.2 billion for diabetes care
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$24.6 billion for chronic diabetes-related complications
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$44.1 billion for excess prevalence of general medical conditions
Indirect costs resulting from lost workdays, restricted activity days, mortality, and permanent disability due to diabetes totaled $40.8 billion
Sources
American Diabetes Association, www.diabetes.org
Center for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
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