Prevalence of diabetes among U.S. adults

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailed that a proportion of U.S. adults may have diabetes.

Investigators examined data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. In the report, they stated that just less than 16% of U.S. adults may have had diabetes between August 2021 and August 2023.

The investigators noted that compared with women, men experienced higher rates of both total diabetes and diagnosed diabetes. The prevalence of the condition increased with age, with those aged 60 years and older exhibiting the highest rates of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes. The investigators also found that the rates of total and diagnosed diabetes rose from a respective 9.7% and 5.9% between 1999 and 2000 to 14.3% and 10.1% between August 2021 and August 2023.

The investigators suggested that continued monitoring of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes should take place to help better understand the prevalence of the condition in the United States.

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