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/