Diabetes Facts

6th Leading cause of death in US: 19% of all deaths in the U.S. for people aged 25 years and older

20.8 million people in US (7% of population) have diabetes

14.6 million diagnosed

6.2 million people remain undiagnosed

1.5 million people aged 20 years or older are diagnosed each year

10.5% of men and 8.8% of women have diabetes

Recent information indicates diabetes growing at 6% per year

Diabetes is a Silent Killer
Many people first become aware that they have diabetes when they develop one of its life-threatening complications.

Blindness
Kidney Disease
Nerve Disease and Amputations
Heart Disease and Stroke

References
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/prevalence.jsp; 12/2006