Data from the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet (the most recent year for which data is available)

Total: 23.6 million children and adults in the United States-- 7.8% of the population -- have diabetes.

Diagnosed: 17.9 million people

Undiagnosed: 5.7 million people

Pre-diabetes: 57 million people

New Cases: 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older each year.

Total prevalence of diabetes
Under 20 years of age

186,300, or 0.22% of all people in this age group have diabetes
About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes
2 million adolescents (or 1 in 6 overweight adolescents) aged 12-19 have pre-diabetes
Age 20 years or older

23.5 million, or 10.7% of all people in this age group have diabetes
Age 60 years or older

12.2 million, or 23.1% of all people in this age group have diabetes
Men

12.0 million, or 11.2% of all men aged 20 years or older have diabetes
Women

11.5 million, or 10.2% of all women aged 20 years or older have diabetes  here.
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