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The number of people living with diabetes worldwide has quadrupled in the past two decades, with 830 million people diagnosed as of 2022. Experts weigh in on the risk. ... 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, non-traumatic lower-limb amputations, and blindness in adults. Approximately 37.3 million adults currently have diabetes, of which 8.5 million remain undiagnosed. [1] Diabetes cost the United States approximately $327 billion in direct medical costs and lost productivity in 2017. [1] [2]
A study published in the medical journal The Lancet reports that the number of adults who have diabetes globally has increased from 200 million people in 1990 to around 800 million people in 2022. The study also reported that around 40% of adults with diabetes are not receiving treatment for the disease.
An estimated 382 million people worldwide had diabetes in 2013 [159] and from 108 million in 1980. [160] Accounting for the shifting age structure of the global population, the prevalence of diabetes is 8.8% among adults, nearly double the rate of 4.7% in 1980. [161] [160] Type 2 makes up about 90% of the cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that 38.4 million people in the United States are currently living with diabetes. That’s 11.6 percent of the population! That’s 11.6 ...
New type 2 diabetes diagnoses among American youth climbed 62%—and type 1 diabetes diagnoses 17%—after the pandemic began, according to a 2023 study published in JAMA Network Open.
In 2014, more than 29 million people had diabetes in the United States, of whom 7 million people remain undiagnosed. [33] As of 2012 another 57 million people were estimated to have prediabetes . [ 34 ] [ 35 ] There were approximately 12.1 million diabetes-related emergency department (ED) visits in 2010 for adults aged 18 years or older (515 ...
The American Diabetes Association recommends that people with Type 2 diabetes get screened every one to two years, yet only about 60% of people living with diabetes get yearly eye exams, said ...