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%
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