Type 2 Diabetes Statistics and Facts
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. Read on to learn some of the key facts and statistics about the people who have it and how to manage it.
Many risk factors for type 2 diabetes include lifestyle decisions that can be reduced or even cut out entirely with time and effort. Men are also at slightly higher risk of developing diabetes than women. This may be more associated with lifestyle factors, body weight, and where the weight is located (abdominally versus in the hip area) than with innate gender differences.
Significant risk factors include:
- older age
- excess weight, particularly around the waist
- family history
- certain ethnicities
- physical inactivity
- poor diet
Type 2 diabetes is increasingly prevalent but also largely preventable. According to
In general
- Research suggests that 1 out of 3 adults has prediabetes. Of this group, 9 out of 10 don’t know they have it.
- 29.1 million people in the United States have diabetes, but 8.1 million may be undiagnosed and unaware of their condition.
- About 1.4 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in United States every year.
- More than one in every 10 adults who are 20 years or older has diabetes. For seniors (65 years and older), that figure rises to more than one in four.
- Cases of diagnosed diabetes cost the United States an estimated
$245 billion in 2012. This cost is expected to rise with the increasing......for more, 09/03/2022,online, https://www.healthline.com/health/type-2-diabetes/statistics
