What share of the total U.S. population has diabetes?
Answerabout 12.0%
Diabetes affects roughly 1 in 8 Americans, according to the CDC's most recent national report.
Source: CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report (2023) cdc.gov
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Diabetes facts & stats
4 sourced facts about diabetes, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
The basics
Going deeper
What share of U.S. adults with diabetes remain undiagnosed, per the CDC?
Answerabout 27.6%
More than a quarter of people with diabetes don't know they have it.
Source: CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report (2023) cdc.gov
About how many U.S. adults have prediabetes, per the CDC?
Answerabout 115.2 million
Prediabetes affects even more adults than diabetes itself, and most cases go unrecognized.
Source: CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report (2023) cdc.gov
Expert level
Among adults 65 and older, what share have prediabetes?
Answerabout 52.1%
Risk of prediabetes rises sharply with age, affecting more than half of older U.S. adults.
Source: CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report (2023) cdc.gov
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