The number of people who have diabetes is growing quickly. Experts predict that the number of people who have the disease will double from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030.1 In the United States alone, approximately 18.2 million people have diabetes; of those, 17 million have type 2 diabetes.
- The risk of type 2 diabetes increases with age.
- Type 2 diabetes is more common in African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders than in whites.
Children with type 2 diabetes
The number of children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is increasing.2
- Until recently, the only type of diabetes that was common in children was type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has become much more common in children.
- Most children who have type 2 diabetes have a family history of diabetes, are overweight, and are not very physically active.
- In children, type 2 diabetes usually develops around puberty.
Prediabetes
In the United States, 41 million people between the ages of 40 and 74 have prediabetes.2
Credits
| Author | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Denele Ivins |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Last Updated | August 3, 2007 |
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