Diabetes: The Cold Hard Facts

• 25.8 million: Number of Americans with diabetes.

• 7 million: Number of Americans with diabetes who have not been diagnosed.

• 79 million: Number of Americans with prediabetes.

• 1.9 million: New cases of diabetes (people 20 and older) reported each year in U.S.

• $176 billion: Annual direct medical costs of treating diabetes in the United States.

• 26.9%: Percentage of Americans 65 and older who have diabetes.

• 230,000: Approximate number of annual deaths in which diabetes was a contributing factor.

Source: American Diabetes Association