Diabetes Facts

About 422 million people worldwide have diabetes.

Diabetes facts. Unless otherwise noted all references in fast facts are from the national diabetes statistics report 2020 the fact sheet is the product of a joint collaboration of the cdc niddk the american diabetes association and other government and nonprofit agencies. Mellitus is latin for honey or sweet a name added when physicians discovered that the urine from people with diabetes is sweet with glucose. An estimated 7 2 million adults ages 18 years or. Diabetes is the 7 th leading cause of death in the united.

An estimated 23 1 million people have been diagnosed with diabetes 7 2 percent of the u s. Facts statistics and you types of diabetes. Sources of data for fast facts that do not come from the statistics report. More than 88 million us adults over a third have prediabetes and more than 84 of them don t know they have it.

Current information on diabetes and prediabetes at the national and state levels. In 2018 34 2 million americans or 10 5 of the population had diabetes. Diabetes prevalence has been rising more rapidly in middle and low income countries. About 210 000 americans under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes approximately 0 25 of.

The prevalence of diabetes has been steadily increasing for the past 3 decades mirroring an increase in the prevalence of obesity and overweight people. The big picture more than 34 million people in the united states have diabetes and 1 in 5 of them don t know they have it. The latest data on diabetes incidence prevalence complications costs and more. National diabetes statistics report.

Diabetes and obesity maps. Blood glucose levels are higher than what s considered normal but not high enough to. The global prevalence of diabetes among adults over 18 years of age has risen from 4 7 in 1980 to 8 5 in 2014 1. Diabetes facts and statistics total.

Causes and risk. An estimated 30 3 million people have diabetes 9 4 percent of the u s. Key facts the number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Published january 17 2017 the word diabetes is greek for siphon which refers to the copious urine of uncontrolled diabetes.