Diabetes is now the fifth deadliest disease in the USA.

Diabetes is now the fifth deadliest disease in the USA.
If you were born in 2000, 33% of males and 39% of females are at risk of developing diabetes.
If you're African-American or Hispanic, the percentage is even higher.

• 40% of African American males and 50% of African-American females will develop diabetes. This statistic is 60% higher than in the white population.
  
• 45% of Hispanic males and 53% of Hispanic females will develop diabetes, which is 50% higher than in the white population. 2
  
• Number of non-institutionalized adults with diagnosed diabetes: 13.4 million (2002)
  
• Percent of non-institutionalized adults with diagnosed diabetes: 6.6% (2002) 3
  
• Number of visits to office-based physicians: 24.9 million (2002)
  
• Number of hospital outpatient department visits: 1.5 million (2002) 4
  
• Number of Hospital discharges: 577,000 (2002)
  
• Average length of stay: 5.0 days (2002) 5
  
• Number of deaths: 73,249 (2002)
  
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 25.4 (2002)
  
• Cause of death rank: 6 (2002) 6

1. www.healthpolitics.com/media/diabetes/slides
   
2. www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_222.pdf
   
3. Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey : 2002 Summary, Number 346- August 26, 2004
   
4. Source: 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey
   
5. Source: Deaths : Final Data for 2002