Nearly nine percent of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2 to 4 times higher among non-Hispanic …
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Diabetes Foot Facts
Prevalence of diabetes
Total: 208 million people - Seven percent of the US population has
diabetes
Diagnosed: 146 million people
Undiagnosed: 62 million people
Prevalence of diabetes among people 20 years or older
Age 20 years or older: 206 million Nine percent of all people in
this age group have diabetes
Age 60 years or older: 103 million Almost 21 percent of all people
in this age group have diabetes
Men: 109 million Close to 11 percent of all men aged 20 years or
older have diabetes
Women: 97 million Nearly nine percent of all women aged 20 years or
older have diabetes The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2 to 4
times higher among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino American
women than among non-Hispanic white women
Prevalence of diabetes by race/ethnicity among people 20 years or older
African-Americans: 32 million Close to 13 percent of all non-
Hispanic blacks aged 20 years or older have diabetes On average, non-
Hispanic blacks are 18 times more likely to have diabetes than non-
Hispanic whites of similar
age
Hispanic/Latino-Americans: 25 million Nearly ten percent of
Hispanic/Latino Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes
Mexican Americans, the largest Hispanic/Latino subgroup, are 17 times
as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites Residents of Puerto
Rico are 18 times as likely to have diagnosed diabetes as US non-
Hispanic whites
Caucasian-americans : 131 million Close to nine percent of all non-
Hispanic whites aged 20 years or older have diabetes
Complications of diabetes
Amputations
More than 60 percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations in the
United States occur among people with diabetes
In 2002, nearly 82,000 non-traumatic lower-??limb amputations were
performed among people with diabetes
Non-Hispanic blacks are 27 times as likely to suffer from lower-limb
amputations as non-Hispanic whites
Preventing Diabetes Complications
A podiatric physician, a doctor focusing on the treatment of diabetic
foot and ankle maladies, plays an integral role in a diabetes
management team Diabetes can affect many parts of the body and can
lead to serious
complications such as blindness, kidney damage, and
lower-limb amputations Working together, people with diabetes and
their health care providers, such as a podiatric physician, can reduce
the occurrence of these and other diabetes complications
Comprehensive foot care programs can reduce amputation rates by 45
percent to 85 percent
Research in the United States and abroad has found that lifestyle
changes can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes among high-
risk adults Lifestyle interventions included diet and moderate-
intensity physical activity, such as walking for 25 hours each week
Information for this fact sheet has been compiled using the latest
statistics from the American Diabetes Association and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
California Podiatric
Medical Association
2430 K Street, Ste 200
Sacramento, CA 95816
Telephone:
9164480248
8007948988
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