General Information
- Diabetes is a multifaceted disease of metabolism that is marked by high levels of blood glucose as a result of the defects in the production and actions of insulin.
- Nations' 6th leading cause of death[1]
- There are 4 main types of diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Gestational Diabetes
- Monogenic Diabetes
- Neonatal Diabetes
- Maturity-onset Diabetes
Statistics
- As of 2005
- Total: 20.8 million people (adults and children)--->7.0% of the population[2]
- Diagnosed: 14.6 million people[2]
- Undiagnosed: 6.2 million people (1/3 of the people)[2]
- Age[3]:
- Under 20 years: 176,500 or .22% have diabetes
- Age 20 or older: 20.6 million or 9.6% have diabetes
- Age 60 or older: 10.3 million or 20.9% had diabetes
- Gender[3]:
- Men: 20.6 million, 9.6 % of men 20 years or older have diabetes
- Women: 9.7 million or 8.8% of women aged 20 years or older have diabetes
- 1/3 don't know
- 2 to 4 ratio for women who are minority to whites.
- Race/Ethnicity[3]:
- Non-Hispanic Whites: 13.1 million or 8.7% aged 20 years or older have diabetes
- Non-Hispanic Blacks: 3.2 million or 13.3% aged 20 years or older have diabetes
- Hispanics/Latinos Americans: 2.5 million or 9.5% aged 20 years or older have diabetes
- American Indians and Alaska Natives: 118,000 or 15.1% aged 20 years or older have diabetes