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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [2020] Diabetes, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 14 November 2022.
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW] has developed core monitoring information on the prevalence, incidence, hospitalisation and deaths from diabetes [including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes] in Australia that is updated on a regular basis on the AIHW website to ensure that the most up-to-date information and trends are easily accessible and available.
- Cat. no: CVD 82
Type 2 diabetes
Overall numbers
- Prevalence: In 2019, 37.3 million Americans, or 11.3% of the population, had diabetes.
- Nearly 1.9 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, including about 244,000 children and adolescents
- Diagnosed and undiagnosed: Of the 37.3 million adults with diabetes, 28.7 million were diagnosed, and 8.5 million were undiagnosed.
- Prevalence in seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and older remains high, at 29.2%, or 15.9 million seniors [diagnosed and undiagnosed].
- New cases: 1.4 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.
- Prediabetes: In 2019, 96 million Americans age 18 and older had prediabetes.
Diabetes in youth
- About 283,000 Americans under age 20 are estimated to have diagnosed diabetes, approximately 0.35% of that population.
- In 2014–2015, the annual incidence of diagnosed diabetes in youth was estimated at 18,200 with type 1 diabetes, 5,800 with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes by race/ethnicity
The rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults by race/ethnic background are:
- 14.5% of American Indians/Alaskan Natives
- 12.1% of non-Hispanic blacks
- 11.8% of Hispanics
- 9.5% of Asian Americans
- 7.4% of non-Hispanic whites
The breakdown among Asian Americans:
- 5.6% of Chinese
- 10.4% of Filipinos
- 12.6% of Asian Indians
- 9.9% of other Asian Americans
The breakdown among Hispanic adults:
- 8.3% of Central and South Americans
- 6.5% of Cubans
- 14.4% of Mexican Americans
- 12.4% of Puerto Ricans
Deaths
Diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in the United States in 2019 based on the 87,647 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2019, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 282,801 certificates.
Cost of diabetes
Updated March 22, 2018
$327 billion: Total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2017
$237 billion was for direct medical costs
$90 billion was 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.
Read more about the results of our study "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2017."
For additional information
For additional information, read the CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report [2022].
Page updated 7/28/22.
More people than ever have diabetes. More people than ever are at risk of type 2 diabetes. If nothing changes, we predict that 5.5 million people will have diabetes in the UK by 2030.
Around 90% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Around 8% of people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. About 2% of people with diabetes have rarer types of diabetes.
We’re fighting for a world where diabetes can do no harm.
We do it by campaigning to make sure everyone with diabetes gets the care they need to live well with diabetes. We provide advice and support so people can get to grips with their condition. And our research increases what we know about diabetes, discovers new treatments and will, one day, find a cure.
Diabetes facts and figures
- More than 4.9 million people in the UK have diabetes
- 13.6 million people are now at increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the UK
- You're more at risk of type 2 diabetes if you have a close family member who has diabetes
- 850,000 people are currently living with type 2 diabetes but are yet to be diagnosed
- Research has consistently shown that for some people, combined lifestyle interventions - including diet, physical activity and sustained weight loss - can be effective in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes by about 50%.
Diabetes complications
Early diagnosis is vital. Complications can begin five to six years before some people actually find out they have type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes leads to almost 9600 leg, toe or foot amputations every year. That's 185 a week
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of preventable sight loss in the UK - More than 1,700 people have their sight seriously affected by their diabetes every year in the UK. That's more than 30 people every week
More than 700 people with diabetes die prematurely every week
One in six people in a hospital bed has diabetes, and people with diabetes are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital
People with diabetes are twice as likely to suffer from depression. And are more likely to be depressed for longer and more frequently.
Diabetes and the NHS
The NHS spends at least £10 billion a year on diabetes which is about 10% of its entire budget
Almost 80% of the money the NHS spends on diabetes is on treating complications
In some hospitals over a quarter of beds are used by people with diabetes
In 2019/20 there were 57.7m items prescribed for people with diabetes, this increased from 35.5m prescription items 10 years earlier
People with diabetes are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital
Diabetes and ethnicity
In the 17/18 NDA, people recorded as black were twice as likely to be under the age of 50 than those recorded as white, people with type 2 diabetes recorded as Asian were 2 and half times more likely to be under the age of 50 than those recorded as white
Consistently, black African-Caribbean populations have been reported to exhibit pronounced insulin resistance and higher rates of hypertension compared to other ethnic groups even in the absence of abdominal obesity.
People from black ethnic groups are more likely to have undiagnosed diabetes than people from white British backgrounds.
South Asians are at risk of diabetes at a lower BMI, and develop diabetes 5-10 years earlier than White Europeans, which means it’s important for healthcare professionals to be screening for diabetes in South Asians from the age of 25.
Annual diabetes prevalence figures
2019 [as published February 2020]
2018 [as published February 2019]
2017 [as published November 2017]
2016 [as published November 2016]
2015 [as published November 2015]
2014 [as published 2015]
2013 [as published 2014]
2012 [as published 2013]
National Diabetes Audit
Latest reports and figures
Tackling the crisis
Our Tackling the Crisis 2019 [England] [PDF, 13.681KB] document sets out the latest diabetes statistics and our recommendations for improvement in prioritised areas of diabetes care and type 2 prevention.
Diabetes workforce in figures
ABCD, Diabetes UK and Society for Endocrinology Workforce Survey Report 2022 [PDF, 899 KB]
Manpower survey 2014 report
Manpower survey 2013 report