Decade of Discovery – By the Numbers

May experience kidney failure, adult blindness, non-traumatic amputations and nerve damage. Diabetes is the leading cause of these medical conditions.*
Are 2 to 4 times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those without the disease.*
Historically live a shorter life than those without the disease. Life expectancy for diabetics is on average 7 to 10 years shorter, and the risk of death for people with diabetes is about double that of people of similar age without diabetes.
Are 2 to 3 times more likely to have high blood pressure and may die from stroke or heart disease. (Source: ADA)
May be twice as likely to experience hearing loss. (Source: NIH/ADA)
Of those diagnosed with Type II diabetes, 80 to 90 percent are also diagnosed obese. (Source: Diabetic Care Services)

Diabetes accounts for 32 percent of all Medicare expenditures. (Source: JDRF)
In 2010, the U.S. was projected to spend $198 billion to treat and prevent diabetes and its complications. (Source: International Diabetes Foundation)
The global cost of healthcare to treat and prevent diabetes and its complications were expected to exceed $376 billion dollars in 2010. (Source: International Diabetes Foundation)
The average cost of diabetes-related healthcare is $703 per person globally. (Source: International Diabetes Foundation)

Every year 20,000 Minnesotan are newly diagnosed with diabetes.
Currently 1 out of 18 adults in Minnesota have diabetes and one-third of them do not know they have the disease. (Source: Minnesota Department of Health)
248,000 people in Minnesota have prediabetes. (Source: Minnesota Department of Health)
Diabetes costs the people of Minnesota $2 billion each year for medical care, disability, lost work and premature death. (Source: Minnesota Department of Health)
In 2008, Hennepin County was estimated to have 51,290 and Ramsey County was estimated to have 27,970 adults diagnosed with diabetes. (Source: CDC)
In 2009, 243,000 Minnesotans were diagnosed with diabetes. (Source: CDC)
In 2009, an estimated 108,000 adults ranging from 45-64 years old were diagnosed with diabetes. (Source: CDC)

Nearly 26 million Americans, or more than 8 percent of the population, have diabetes.*
About 7 million Americans are unaware that they have diabetes.*
As many as 3 million Americans may have Type 1 diabetes. (Source: JDRF)
In the United States alone, a new case of diabetes is diagnosed every 30 seconds; nearly 2 million people are diagnosed each year.*
Diabetes kills 1 American every 3 minutes. It is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States.*
79 million people in the United State have prediabetes. (Source: ADA)
Type II diabetes is the most common, affecting 90-95 percent of the U.S. diabetes population.

Diabetes currently affects 285 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 435 million by 2030.*
Healthcare costs for diabetes treatment accounted for 11.6% of the total healthcare expenditure in the world in 2010. (Source: International Diabetes Foundation)
Over 300 million people are estimated to be obese and as a result up to 1.7 billion of the world’s population is at an increased risk of other life-threatening diseases such as heart attack and stroke. (Source: World Health Organization)