This information changes to reflect current statistics. Reporting by many agencies is on a periodic basis rather than every year:

  • The current rate of diagnosis of all Diabetes is one new case every 30 seconds, or 2880 new Diabetes cases every day globally.

  • One person dies every 7 seconds from Diabetes related causes globally.

  • 29 million Americans have Diabetes

  • 1.9 million are Type 1

  • Type 1 Diabetes comprises 5 -10% of the total diabetes population making it a rare disease.

  • Type 1 Diabetes comprises about 27 million of the total cases globally.

  • Type I is increasing at the rate of 23% per year in the U.S.

  • Type II is increasing at the rate of 39% in the U.S.

  • Diabetes has a current world statistic of 412 million people, (Type 1 and Type 2) diagnosed.

  • It is expected there will be in excess of 552 million people diagnosed globally by 2030, almost doubling the current cases being diagnosed. 5.5 million of them will be Type 1.

  • Diagnosis of all diabetes is now crossing age, weight, ethnic and socio-economic boundaries once thought to be static.

  • The age of diagnosis is decreasing over time and is being diagnosed among smaller children and babies in increasing numbers for both types.

  • Of children being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, 96% of children under age 3 and 67% under age 5 will suffer death or permanent lifetime handicap equal to the severity of Diabetic Keto-acidosis at the time of diagnosis.

 

  • Finland has the highest diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes globally.

  • Colorado has the highest rate of diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in the United States, and is closely followed by Minnesota and Pennsylvania. Reporting by providers and states may not accurately reveal the actual numbers and this may be under-reported.

  • At the time of it's release in 1927 insulin was priced at less than $1.49 US a vial.

  • Pricing has increased to approximately $300-$600 US a vial. Average usage being 2-4 vials per month.

  • Testing strips necessary for self dosing of insulin average a cost of $2 US per strip for 8-14 strips a day ($16 - $24 US daily).

  • Insurance coverage for these lifesaving supplies is lacking for many or grossly inadequate for the larger community in the U.S.

 

(Statistics courtesy of CDC, IDF, and NIH.)