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Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death. Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes; type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5% to 10%. Diabetes is the No. 1 cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult blindness.
About 1 in 10 Americans has diabetes; most have type 2. More children, teens, and young adults are developing type 2 diabetes than in the past. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with lifestyle changes.
The National Diabetes Statistics Report provides up-to-date information on the prevalence and incidence of diabetes and prediabetes, risk factors for complications, acute and long-term complications, deaths, and costs. Data in the report can help focus efforts to prevent and control diabetes across the United States.
Resources for health care providers to help patients prevent type 2 diabetes and manage diabetes.
During August 2021–August 2023, the prevalence of total diabetes was 15.8%, diagnosed diabetes was 11.3%, and undiagnosed diabetes was 4.5%. Consequently, slightly more than one-quarter of adults with diabetes had undiagnosed diabetes. Men had a higher prevalence of total and diagnosed diabetes than women.
Key points. Prediabetes is a serious health condition, and 1 in 3 US adults has it. With early action, you can reverse prediabetes to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Find out if you have a high risk for prediabetes by taking the 1-minute risk test.