Cost of Diabetes Updated March 6, 2013 $245 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2012 $176 billion for direct medical costs $69 billion in reduced productivity After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes. Read more about the results of our study “Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2012.” – See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/#sthash.g3xuNGxp.dpuf

Statistics

• 1.25M Americans are living with T1D including about 200,000 youth (less than 20 years old) and over a million adults (20 years old and older) ^1,2,5
• 40,000 people are diagnosed each year in the U.S. ^{1, 2}
• 5 million people in the U.S. are expected to have T1D by 2050, including nearly 600,000 youth. ^2,3
• Between 2001 and 2009 there was a 21% increase in the prevalence of T1D in people under age 20. ³
• $14B T1D-associated annual healthcare costs in the U.S.
• Less than one-third of people with T1D in the U.S. are achieving target blood glucose control levels ⁶
• T1D is associated with an estimated loss of life-expectancy of up to 13 years http://jdrf.org/about-jdrf/fact-sheets/type-1-diabetes-facts/

Data from the National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2014 (released June 10, 2014)

Overall Numbers, Diabetes and Prediabetes

• Prevalence the number of people in a given group or population who are reported to have a disease.X: In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes.
  • Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have type 1 diabetes.

• Undiagnosed: Of the 29.1 million, 21.0 million were diagnosed, and 8.1 million were undiagnosed.

• Prevalence in Seniors: The percentage of Americans age 65 and older remains high, at 25.9%, or 11.8 million seniors (diagnosed and undiagnosed).

• New Cases: The incidencea measure of how often a disease occurs; the number of new cases of a disease among a certain group of people for a certain period of time.X of diabetes in 2012 was 1.7 million new diagnoses/year; in 2010 it was 1.9 million.

• Prediabetes: In 2012, 86 million Americans age 20 and older had prediabetesa condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but are not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. People with prediabetes are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes and for heart disease and stroke. Other names for prediabetes are impaired glucose tolerance and impaired fasting glucose.X; this is up from 79 million in 2010.

• Deaths: Diabetes remains the 7^th leading cause of death in the United States in 2010, with 69,071 death certificates listing it as the underlying cause of death, and a total of 234,051 death certificates listing diabetes as an underlying or contributing cause of death.

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Diabetes is a disease that affects the whole family, especially when a child is diagnosed. Whether you’re a parent, sibling or other family member, your support and understanding can make all the difference. Are you worried about medical care and costs, or how to manage diabetes at school? We provide information and resources to help every child and every family adjust to life with diabetes. – See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/parents-and-kids/#sthash.FAyo6EUs.dpuf