Table.

Estimated frequency of averted diabetes complications, annual direct medical costs^a per person with and without diabetes complications, and annual direct medical cost savings^a associated with each averted diabetes complication, after reducing hemoglobin A1c by 1% among adults with prediabetes or diabetes, San Antonio, Texas, 2015-2034

Variable	End-Stage Renal Disease	Lower-Extremity Amputation	Blindness	Myocardial Infarction	Stroke
No. of averted diabetes complications	1942	4304	11 548	15 616	6981
Annual cost per persona without the diabetes complicationb	$7490	$6371	$6961	$5554	$7694
Annual cost per persona with the diabetes complicationb	$47 290	$26 221	$14 745	$12 396	$14 624
Annual cost savingsa associated with each averted diabetes complication	$39  800	$19 850	$7784	$6842	$6930

^aAdjusted to 2015 US dollars based on the Consumer Price Index for medical care.³⁴

^bBased on recent estimates recommended for diabetes simulation modeling from a health care system perspective.³⁴