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Diabetes

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  • 24th August 2026

Last Reviewed: February 20, 2026

Diabetes

Data are for the U.S.

Morbidity: Adults age 20 and older
  • Percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed): 15.8%
  • Percent with physician-diagnosed diabetes: 11.3%
  • Percent with undiagnosed diabetes: 4.5%

Source: Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed, and Undiagnosed Diabetes in Adults: United States, August 2021–August 2023, Figure 1

Physician office visits
  • Number of visits to physician offices with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 38.2 million
  • Percent of visits to physician offices with type 1, type 2, and other unspecified type diabetes indicated on the medial record: 14.2%

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 14, 16 [PDF – 865 KB]

Emergency department visits
  • Number of visits to emergency departments with type 2 diabetes as the primary diagnosis: 564,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2022 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF – 1 MB]

Mortality
  • Number of deaths: 94,445
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 27.8
  • Cause of death rank: 7

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER

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