Diabetes

• Percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 16.2% (2017-2020)

Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017–March 2020 Prepandemic Data Files—Development of Files and Prevalence Estimates for Selected Health Outcomes, Table 8 [PDF – 436 KB]

• Percent with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 11.3% (2015-2018)
• Percent with undiagnosed diabetes: 4.6 (2015-2018)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, table 14 [PDF – 9.8 MB]

• Number of visits to physician offices with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 38.2 million
• Percent of visits to physician offices with type 1, type 2, and other unspecified type diabetes indicated on the medial record: 14.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 14, 16 [PDF – 865 KB]

• Number of visits to emergency departments with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 579,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 National Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF – 830 KB]

• Number of deaths: 101,209
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 30.4
• Cause of death rank: 8

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• National Health Interview Survey
• National Home and Hospice Care Survey
• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• American Diabetes Association