Fast Facts
- More than 100 million Americans live with diabetes (30.3 million) or prediabetes (84.1 million)
- Only 11.6 percent of adults with prediabetes knew they had it
- 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes each year
- Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States
- 25% of Americans 65 years or older have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
- $327 billion was the estimated total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the US in 2017
Sources: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; American Diabetes Association