Description
In 2017, there were approximately 231,984 adult Iowans with diabetes. Across the U.S., more than 30 million adults have diabetes, and one in four of them don't know they have it. $245 billion is the total costs for people diagnosed with diabetes. Annually, a person with diabetes acquires medical costs of about $13,700.
Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult-onset blindness. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S.
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| Diabetes Data | HTML | In 2017, there were approximately 231,984 adult Iowans with diabetes. Across the U.S., more than 30 million adults have diabetes, and one in four of them don't know they have it. $245 billion is the total costs for people diagnosed with diabetes. Annually, a person with diabetes acquires medical costs of about $13,700. Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult-onset blindness. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. | Open resource |