Overall numbers the CDC reports in statistics up to 2021:
“OVERALL NUMBERS:
- Prevalence: In 2021, 38.4 million Americans, or 11.6% of the population, had diabetes.
- 2 million Americans have type 1 diabetes, including about 304,000 children and adolescents
- Diagnosed and undiagnosed: Of the 38.4 million adults with diabetes, 29.7 million were diagnosed, and 8.7 million were undiagnosed.
- Prevalence in seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and older remains high, at 29.2%, or 16.5 million seniors (diagnosed and undiagnosed).
- New cases: 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.
- Prediabetes: In 2021, 97.6 million Americans age 18 and older had prediabetes.”
“Diabetes was the eighth leading cause of death in the United States in 2021 based on the 103,294 death certificates in which diabetes was listed as the underlying cause of death. In 2021, diabetes was mentioned as a cause of death in a total of 399,401 certificates.
Cost of diabetes
Updated November 2, 2023
$412.9 billion: Total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2022
$306.6 billion was for direct medical costs
$106.3 billion was in indirect costs
After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.6 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.”
American Diabetes Association (https://diabetes.org/about-diabetes/statistics/about-diabetes)