Showing posts with label Diabetes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diabetes. Show all posts

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Diabetes Facts


An estimated that 25.8 million people in the United States -- 8.3% of our population has diabetes:
  • Diagnosed - 18.8 million people
  • Undiagnosed - 7 million people
  • Pre-diabetes - 79 million people

Prevalence of those, over 20-years-old, with diabetes by race/ethnicity
  • 7.1% of non-Hispanic whites
  • 8.4% of Asian Americans
  • 12.6% of non-Hispanic blacks
  • 11.8% of Hispanics

Among the Hispanic population:
  • 7.6% Cuban
  • 13.3% Mexican
  • 13.8% Puerto-Rican