Diabetes – Morbidity

  • Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed): 10% (2003-2006)
  • Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with diagnosed diabetes: 7.7% (2003-2006)
  • Percent of noninstitutionalized adults 20 years and older with undiagnosed diabetes: 2.5% (2003-2006)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, table 54

Health care use

Ambulatory care

  • Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 28.6 million

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, table 4

Hospital inpatient care

  • Number of discharges with diabetes as first-listed diagnosis: 584,000
  • Average length of stay: 4.7 days

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, tables 2, 4

Home health care

  • Number of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 106,000 (2000)
  • Percent of current patients with diabetes as primary diagnosis: 7.9% (2000)

Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, table 12

Nursing home care

  • Number of residents with diabetes: 362,000
  • Percent of residents with diabetes: 24%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B

Mortality

  • Number of deaths:  72,449
  • Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.2
  • Cause of death rank: 6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables B, 10, 11

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