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National Diabetes Fact Sheet: National estimates and general information on diabetes and prediabetes in the United States, 2011

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Publisher
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Publication Date
2011
Authors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
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    • From 2005 – 2008, around 4.2 million diabetics age 40 and older had diabetic retinopathy.  Of these, 655,000 had advanced diabetic retinopathy that could lead to severe vision loss.  
    • Detecting and treating diabetic eye disease with laser therapy can reduce the development of severe vision loss by an estimated 50% to 60%.  
    • In general, for every 10 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure, the risk for any complication related to diabetes is reduced by 12%.  
    • Blood pressure control reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (heart disease or stroke) among people with diabetes by 33% to 50%, and the risk of microvascular complications (eye, kidney, and…  
    • In 2006, about 65,700 nontraumatic lower-limb amputations were performed in people with diabetes.  
    • More than 60% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in people with diabetes.  
    • Almost 30% of people with diabetes aged 40 years or older have impaired sensation in the feet (i.e., at least one area that lacks feeling.)  
    • About 60% to 70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage. The results of such damage include impaired sensation or pain in the feet…  
    • In 2008, an estimated 202,290 people with end-stage kidney disease due to diabetes, were living on chronic dialysis or with a kidney transplant.  
    • In 2008, 48,374 people with diabetes began treatment for end-stage kidney disease.  
    • Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, accounting for 44% of all new cases of kidney failure in 2008.  
    • Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about 2 to 4 times higher than adults without diabetes.  
    • Overall, the risk for death among people with diabetes is about twice that of people of similar age but without diabetes.   
    • Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.  
    • About 1.9 million people aged 20 years or older were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2010 in the United States.  
    • People with diabetes aged 60 years or older are 2–3 times more likely to report an inability to walk one-quarter of a mile, climb stairs, or do housework compared with…  
    • In 2004, heart disease was noted on 68% of diabetes-related death certificates among people aged 65 years or older.  
    • Among U.S. residents aged 65 years and older, 10.9 million, or 26.9%, had diabetes in 2010.