24 Million Americans Living with Diabetes

24 million Americans have diabetes, an increase of 3 million people in just two years, says the CDC – that’s 8 percent of the U.S. population. 25 percent of Americans 60 and up live with the condition and 57 million people are thought to have pre-diabetes.

Some dramatic racial disparities exist as well:

• Native Americans with diabetes: 16.5%
• Blacks: 11.8%
• Hispanics: 10.4%
• Mexican Americans: 11.9%
• Asian Americans: 7.5%
• Whites: 6.6%



One Response to “24 Million Americans Living with Diabetes”

1. jamie says:

   January 17, 2011 at 6:39 pm

   Great blog, keeping me from working on important matters.
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