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Published in final edited form as: Public Health. 2022 Dec 29;214:163–170. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.10.021

Table 2.

Trends in Age-Standardized Prevalence of Total, Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes Among US Adults Aged 20 Years or Older by NHANES Survey Cycle, 1999–2018

Prevalence Survey-Weighted % (95% CI)a P-trend Difference, 2017–2018 vs 1999–2000 (95% CI)
1999–2000
(n=1,737)
2001–2002
(n=2,078)
2003–2004
(n=1,874)
2005–2006
(n=1,824)
2007–2008
(n=2,329)
2009–2010
(n=2,585)
2011–2012
(n=2,287)
2013–2014
(n=2,368)
2015–2016
(n=2,244)
2017–2018
(n=2,274)
Total diabetes 9.17 (7.39–11.3) 11.0 (9.25–13.0) 10.9 (9.17–12.8) 11.3 (9.62–13.2) 12.7 (11.3–14.4) 12.8 (11.0–14.9) 13.2 (10.9–15.8) 13.6 (12.1–15.2) 14.6 (13.0–16.3) 14.7 (12.8–16.8) <.001 5.52 (2.69–8.35)
Diagnosed 6.15 (4.65–8.10) 7.09 (5.73–8.74) 7.59 (6.21–9.24) 7.89 (6.62–9.39) 8.63 (7.39–10.1) 8.47 (6.99–10.2) 9.19 (7.33–11.5) 9.90 (8.52–11.5) 10.6 (9.13–12.3) 11.0 (9.23–13.0) <.001 4.79 (2.27–7.32)
Undiagnosed 3.01 (2.26–4.0) 3.88 (3.13–4.79) 3.28 (2.46–4.37) 3.38 (2.54–4.49) 4.10 (3.41–4.92) 4.33 (3.53–5.29) 3.96 (2.97–5.28) 3.66 (3.02–4.43) 3.93 (3.17–4.87) 3.73 (2.99–4.65) 0.19 0.72 (−0.47, 1.91)
Prediabetes 29.5 (25.4–33.9) 35.0 (31.8–38.3) 32.5 (28.5–36.7) 37.8 (33.9–41.8) 49.0 (46.3–51.8) 45.5 (43.0–47.9) 45.2 (41.8–48.7) 40.7 (37.1–44.4) 44.3 (40.8–47.8) 48.3 (44.8–51.9) <.001 18.8 (13.3–24.4)

Abbreviation: NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

a

Data were weighted to be nationally representative. Overall age-adjusted and by other stratums were age adjusted to 2010 US census population using age groups 20–44 years, 45–64 years, and ≥65 years.