Facts & Statistics
United States
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1 in 10 U.S. adults has type 2 diabetes.
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244,000 American children and adolescents live with type 1 diabetes.
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Each year, 1.4 million Americans receive a diabetes diagnosis.
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The United States spends an annual 327 billion dollars on diabetes-related expenses. 25% of all US health care spending is for diabetes care.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, projects that if trends continue, 1 in 3 Americans will have diabetes by 2050.
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49% to 52% of the population is estimated to have diabetes or prediabete
Global
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415 million people suffer from diabetes globally.
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Approximately 80% of adult diabetic cases occur in low-income and middle-income countries.
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China, India, and the United States have the cases of diabetes, with 89.5 million, 67.8 million, and 30.7 million, respectively.
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The world spent 760 billion dollars on diabetes in 2019, and is expected to spend 825 billion by 2030.
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It is predicted that 578 million people will have diabetes worldwide by 2030.