Indicator Profile of Diabetes Prevalence

Why Is This Important?

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., and almost 21 million Americans (7.0% of the U.S. population) have diabetes. Unfortunately, data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES III) indicates that about one third of the people with diabetes (over 6 million Americans) have diabetes but don't know they have it or are undiagnosed. In Utah, approximately 42,000 people have diabetes but are not yet diagnosed.

Diabetes is a disease that can have devastating consequences. It is the leading cause of non-traumatic lower-extremity amputation and renal failure. It is also the leading cause of blindness among adults younger than 75. It is one of the leading causes of heart disease. Diabetes places an enormous burden on health care resources, approximately $132 billion annually ($92 billion in direct medical costs and $40 billion in indirect costs such as disability, work loss, and premature mortality).

Percentage of Utah Adults With Diabetes, Age-adjusted, Utah and U.S., 1989-2006

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Data Notes

"Don't know" and "Refused" responses were eliminated from the denominator.  Rates are age-adjusted and standardized to the U.S. 2000 population

Data Sources

Utah Healthcare Access Survey (formerly Utah Health Status Survey), Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health;  U.S. Data: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS);  Utah Data: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Office of Public Health Assessment, Utah Department of Health; 

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Definition

Diabetes prevalence for this indicator refers to the percentage of Utah adults diagnosed with diabetes.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of Utah adults who report being told by a health care professional that they have diabetes (excludes women who were told they had diabetes only during pregnancy).
Denominator: Utah adults 18 and over.

Page Content Updated On 11/01/07, Published on 11/08/07
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, Bureau of Health Promotion, Division of Community and Family Health Services, Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2107, Telephone: 801-538-6141, Fax: 801-538-9495, Website: http://health.utah.gov/diabetes, Contact: Brenda Ralls, Richard Bullough, Email: bralls@utah.gov, rbullough@utah.gov
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Content updated: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:25:05 MDT