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)

FactorsDiagnosed DiabetesUndiagnosed DiabetesNo Evidence of Diabetes
* Only for ages 40–64 years.
Unweighted sample size, n2711322,168
Weighted population size(millions), n11.44.8101.2
Weighted prevalence, %9.74.186.3
Age, years
    40–6462.464.176.0
    ≥6537.735.924.0
Sex, male, %54.363.245.5
Race/ethnicity, %
    Non-Hispanic white65.277.279.0
    Non-Hispanic black11.511.69.0
    Hispanic17.48.08.9
    Other5.93.23.1
No health care utilization, %3.815.312.5
No usual place of care, %3.912.111.0
No health insurance, %*8.122.412.7
Income <$20,000/y, %34.235.821.9
Education, %
    <High school31.536.721.2
    High school21.822.824.4
    >High school46.840.554.4
Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2, %46.555.429.1
Not married, %34.845.531.7
Self-rated health status, %
    Fair/poor37.824.318.9
Hypertension
    Diagnosed65.160.939.4
    Undiagnosed8.615.910.2