Table 1.
US Prevalence and Population Estimates for Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and No Diabetes Among Adults Aged ≥40 Years, 1999–2002, Prevalence of Sociodemographic and Health Care Access Factors by Diabetes Status (N = 2,571)
| Factors | Diagnosed Diabetes | Undiagnosed Diabetes | No Evidence of Diabetes |
| Unweighted sample size, n | 271 | 132 | 2,168 |
| Weighted population size(millions), n | 11.4 | 4.8 | 101.2 |
| Weighted prevalence, % | 9.7 | 4.1 | 86.3 |
| Age, years | |||
| 40–64 | 62.4 | 64.1 | 76.0 |
| ≥65 | 37.7 | 35.9 | 24.0 |
| Sex, male, % | 54.3 | 63.2 | 45.5 |
| Race/ethnicity, % | |||
| Non-Hispanic white | 65.2 | 77.2 | 79.0 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 11.5 | 11.6 | 9.0 |
| Hispanic | 17.4 | 8.0 | 8.9 |
| Other | 5.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| No health care utilization, % | 3.8 | 15.3 | 12.5 |
| No usual place of care, % | 3.9 | 12.1 | 11.0 |
| No health insurance, %* | 8.1 | 22.4 | 12.7 |
| Income <$20,000/y, % | 34.2 | 35.8 | 21.9 |
| Education, % | |||
| <High school | 31.5 | 36.7 | 21.2 |
| High school | 21.8 | 22.8 | 24.4 |
| >High school | 46.8 | 40.5 | 54.4 |
| Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2, % | 46.5 | 55.4 | 29.1 |
| Not married, % | 34.8 | 45.5 | 31.7 |
| Self-rated health status, % | |||
| Fair/poor | 37.8 | 24.3 | 18.9 |
| Hypertension | |||
| Diagnosed | 65.1 | 60.9 | 39.4 |
| Undiagnosed | 8.6 | 15.9 | 10.2 |
* Only for ages 40–64 years.