Trends

• 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8 percent of the population, have diabetes, with nearly a quarter undiaganosed. Another 57 million have pre-diabetes and are likely to have the disease if they do not alter their living habits.
• The total prevalence of diabetes increased 13.5 percent from 2005-2007. If present trends continue, one in three Americans, and one in two minorities, born in 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
• The total economic cost of diabetes in 2007 was estimated at $174 billion. Medical expenditures totaled $116 billion and were comprised of $27 billion for diabetes care, $58 billion for chronic diabetes-related complications and $31 billlion for excess general medical costs.
• People with diagnosed diabetes, on average, have medical expenditures that are approximately 2.3 times higher than those without diabetes.
• The 2007 per capita annual costs of health care for people with diabetes was $11,744 a year, of which $6,649 (57 percent) was attributed to diabetes.
• Diabetes-related hospitalizations totaled 24.3 million days in 2007, an increase of 7.4 million from the 16.9 million days in 2002.
• The average cost for a hospital inpatient day due to diabetes is $1,853, and $2,281 due to diabetes-related chronic complications including neurological, peripheral vascular, cardiovascular, renal, metabolic and ophthalmic complications.

Source: American Diabetes Association