§ Of the 29 million diabetics, only 21 million have been diagnosed and 8 million remain undiagnosed and have no idea they have the disease.
§ 1 out of 3 babies born in 2000 will develop diabetes.
§ 86 million people age 20 years had prediabetes in 2012. That’ s up from 79 million in 2010. Pre-diabetes is the occurrence of insulin resistance and mildly elevated levels of blood sugar but not enough to meet the criteria for diabetes. If a person who is diagnosed with pre-diabetes continues an unhealthy lifestyle that promotes it, they can easily tip the scales toward the diagnosis of diabetes.
§ Diabetes is the 7 th leading cause of death in the U. S. Diabetes alone is the cause of death in about 69,000 people per year. It is listed as a contributing factor toward death in another 234,000 death certificates.
§ The incidence of diabetes varies among different ethnic groups. It makes up 7.6 % of the population in Caucasians and 9 % of the Asian population. The rates of diabetes are higher in non-Hispanic blacks at 13.2 % and American Indians or Alaskan natives at 15.9 %.
§ 9.2 % of pregnancies are diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy have a 35 % to 60 % chance of developing type 2 diabetes within 10 to 20 years following the pregnancy.
§ Diagnosed cases of diabetes cost the United States an estimated $ 245 billion in 2012, and the figure is only expected to rise.
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