TABLE. Prevalence and incidence of diabetes among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, aged ≥68 years, by demographic characteristic and year — United States, 2001–2015.
| Characteristic | Index year* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|
Prevalence (%)†
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|
Overall
|
23.3
|
24.2
|
25.1
|
26.1
|
27.2
|
28.4
|
29.5
|
30.3
|
31.0
|
31.5
|
32.0
|
32.1
|
32.0
|
31.8
|
31.6
|
|
Sex
| |||||||||||||||
| Women |
22.3 |
23.2 |
24.0 |
24.9 |
25.9 |
26.9 |
28.0 |
28.8 |
29.4 |
29.8 |
30.2 |
30.3 |
30.2 |
29.9 |
29.6 |
| Men |
24.7 |
25.8 |
26.8 |
27.9 |
29.2 |
30.4 |
31.6 |
32.6 |
33.3 |
33.9 |
34.4 |
34.6 |
34.7 |
34.5 |
34.3 |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| |||||||||||||||
| White |
21.3 |
22.2 |
23.1 |
24.2 |
25.3 |
26.4 |
27.5 |
28.2 |
28.8 |
29.2 |
29.6 |
29.7 |
29.6 |
29.4 |
29.2 |
| Black |
35.0 |
36.4 |
37.7 |
39.2 |
40.6 |
42.0 |
43.3 |
44.3 |
45.1 |
46.0 |
46.9 |
47.4 |
47.6 |
47.5 |
47.4 |
| Hispanic |
40.3 |
40.6 |
40.5 |
40.6 |
41.5 |
42.6 |
43.8 |
44.9 |
45.8 |
46.6 |
47.2 |
47.3 |
47.0 |
46.7 |
46.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
29.2 |
30.5 |
32.0 |
33.7 |
35.4 |
37.1 |
39.1 |
40.5 |
41.6 |
42.5 |
43.4 |
43.7 |
43.7 |
43.6 |
43.5 |
| Other |
30.5 |
31.5 |
32.5 |
33.5 |
34.7 |
35.8 |
37.5 |
38.5 |
39.4 |
40.1 |
40.6 |
41.1 |
41.4 |
41.5 |
41.6 |
|
Age group (yrs)
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| 68–69 |
22.4 |
23.4 |
24.2 |
25.0 |
26.0 |
26.9 |
28.0 |
28.8 |
29.3 |
29.6 |
29.8 |
29.9 |
29.7 |
29.2 |
28.7 |
| 70–74 |
23.6 |
24.6 |
25.5 |
26.5 |
27.6 |
28.8 |
29.9 |
30.6 |
31.2 |
31.7 |
32.1 |
32.0 |
31.8 |
31.5 |
31.2 |
| 75–79 |
24.6 |
25.6 |
26.5 |
27.6 |
28.8 |
30.0 |
31.1 |
32.0 |
32.7 |
33.3 |
33.9 |
34.1 |
34.0 |
33.8 |
33.6 |
| 80–84 |
23.9 |
24.9 |
25.9 |
27.0 |
28.2 |
29.5 |
30.8 |
31.7 |
32.4 |
33.0 |
33.6 |
33.9 |
33.9 |
33.8 |
33.8 |
| ≥85 |
20.7 |
21.5 |
22.3 |
23.2 |
24.3 |
25.5 |
26.7 |
27.7 |
28.4 |
29.0 |
29.6 |
30.0 |
30.2 |
30.1 |
30.2 |
|
Incidence (%)§
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|
Overall
|
3.4
|
3.5
|
3.5
|
3.8
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.8
|
3.7
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.0
|
|
Sex
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| Women |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
| Men |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
|
Race/Ethnicity
| |||||||||||||||
| White |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
| Black |
4.9 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
| Hispanic |
6.5 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.6 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.0 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.3 |
5.0 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
| Other |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
|
Age group (yrs)
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| 68–69 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
| 70–74 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
| 75–79 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
| 80–84 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
| ≥85 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
| Total no., in millions | 25.2 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 24.6 | 24.5 |
* Index year indicates the year for which prevalence and incidence is reported. It is the year at the center of a 5-year data window.
† Calculated by dividing the number of prevalent cases by the number of beneficiaries fully enrolled during the 5-year window for each index year.
§ Calculated by dividing the number of incident cases by the sum of the number of beneficiaries without evidence of diabetes and incident cases fully enrolled during the 5-year window.