| Statistics Diabetes statistics:
According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
and the American Diabetes Association, diabetes:
- affects an estimated 15.7 million people in the United States (90 to 95
percent have type 2 diabetes) -- 10.3 million have been diagnosed, but 5.4 million are
unaware they have the disease. Those affected include:
- 123,000 children under age 20.
- 6.3 million adults over 65 (18.4 percent of the US
population).
- 1.2 million Mexican Americans (10.6 percent of all Mexican
Americans).
- was the seventh leading cause of death in 1996, and the sixth leading
cause of death from disease.
- contributed to 193,140 deaths in 1996, but is believed to be
under-reported on death certificates -- both as a condition and a cause of death.
- costs $44 billion annually in direct medical costs.
- costs $54 billion annually in indirect costs (loss of work, disability,
loss of life).
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