Facts About Diabetes in Adults

About 17 million people in the U.S. have type 2 diabetes. One-third
of those people are unaware that they have the condition.

Diabetes contributes to the deaths of more than 190,000 Americans
per year.

Diabetes often leads to blindness, heart and blood vessel disease,
strokes, kidney failure, amputations, and nerve damage.

Uncontrolled diabetes can complicate pregnancy and put a mother at
risk for having a baby with birth defects.

In 2002, diabetes cost the United States $132 billion, including $34
billion in indirect costs (such as disability payments and lost work
time) and $98 billion in direct medical costs.

Obesity raises the risk for diabetes by as much as 93%, and an
inactive lifestyle can raise it by as much as 25%.