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What is diabetes?
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What is type 1 diabetes? (including juvenile diabetes, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), bronze diabetes (from hemochromatosis), maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), and cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFR)
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What is type 2 diabetes? (also called "adult onset diabetes")
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What is gestational diabetes? (diabetes during pregnancy)
Diabetes Statistics
How Many People Have Diabetes?
Prevalenceof Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes in the United States, All Ages, 2007
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Total: 23.6 million people—7.8 percent of the population—have diabetes.
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Diagnosed: 17.9 million people
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Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people
Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes in People Younger than 20 Years of Age, United States, 2007
About 186,300 people younger than 20 years have diabetes—type 1 or type 2. This represents 0.2 percent of all people in this age group. Estimates of undiagnosed diabetes are unavailable for this age group.
Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes among People Aged 20 Years or Older, United States, 2007
It is CRITICAL for people with insulin dependent diabetes to have enough insulin AND blood glucose testing supplies to manage their care each day. IPump, thanks to our generous donors, is able to provide financial assistance for the purchase of insulin and free diabetes supplies to those in need. Your gifts really do save lives!
How many people have diabetes? Almost everyone knows someone who has diabetes. An estimated 20.8 million people in the United States—7.0 percent of the population—have diabetes, a serious, lifelong condition. Of those, 14.6 million have been diagnosed, and 6.2 million have not yet been diagnosed. In 2005, about 1.5 million people aged 20 or older were diagnosed with diabetes. For additional statistics, see the National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet online or call the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse at 1–800–860–8747 to request a copy.
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We are truly, truly grateful to our many supporters. Without help from others we could not continue giving assistance to diabetics in need. To see who has helped us, which really means, helped those who have received our assistance, please use the links below:
