The number of Americans with diabetes is growing at a rate of 8% a year. -- American Diabetes Association. "Federal Legislative Priorities for the 109th Congress". Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:02:04 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/111 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/111 Conservative estimates predict that diabetes prevalence will increase 165% between 2000 and 2050. -- Boyle, James P., Amanda A. Honeycutt, K.M. Venkat Narayan, Thomas J. Hoerger, Linda S. Geiss, Hong Chen, and Theodore Thompson. "Projection of Diabetes Burden Through 2050: Impact of changing demography and disease prevalence in the U.S". Diabetes Care . Vol. 24, pp. 1936-40. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:02:34 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/112 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/112 By 2030, more than 30 million Americans could have diabetes--71% higher than in 2000. -- Giorgianni, Salvatore J., John Grana, and Lisa Scipioni. "Global Impact of Innovations on Chronic Disease in the Genomics Era". The Pfizer Journal. Vol. 11, Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:02:59 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/113 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/113 The number of people age 75 and older with diabetes is projected to increase from 2 million in 2000 to 8.6 million in 2050. -- Boyle, James P., Amanda A. Honeycutt, K.M. Venkat Narayan, Thomas J. Hoerger, Linda S. Geiss, Hong Chen, and Theodore Thompson. "Projection of Diabetes Burden Through 2050: Impact of changing demography and disease prevalence in the U.S". Diabetes Care . Vol. 24, pp. 1936-40. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:05:04 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/117 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/117 An estimated 41 million people between the ages of 40 and 74 have pre-diabetes, and most will develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years. -- American Diabetes Association. "Pre-Diabetes". Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:05:42 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/118 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/118 Projections of the U.S. population diagnosed with diabetes (in millions) -- American Diabetes Association. "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002". Diabetes Care. Vol. 26, pp. 917-32. Tue, 23 May 2006 15:23:58 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/488 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/488 Chronic Disease Projected to Become More Prevalent: Prevalence of diabetes is projected to nearly double 2000-2030 -- PhRMA. The Value of Medicines: Facts and figures 2006. Washington, D.C.: 2006. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:27:37 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/846 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/846 Following the current path, diabetes cases will increase by 52.9% between 2003 and 2023. -- DeVol, Ross, Armen Bedroussian, Anita Charuworn, Anusuya Chatterjee, In Kyu Kim, Soojung Kim, and Kevin Klowden . An Unhealthy America: The economic burden of chronic disease. The Milken Institute. October 2007. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:50:07 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1297 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/1297 The annual cost of diabetes, in 2002 dollars, could rise to an estimated $156 billion by 2010, and $192 billion by 2020. -- American Diabetes Association. "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002". Diabetes Care. Vol. 26, pp. 917-32. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:03:59 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/115 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/115 The cost of complications for type 2 diabetics over a 30-year period are estimated at $47,240 per patient. -- Cutler, David M. and Mark McClellan. "Is Technological Change in Medicine Worth It?". Health Affairs. Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 11-29. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:04:29 -0500 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/116 http://www.silverbook.org/fact/116