American Indians/Alaska Natives are twice as likely to be told by a physician that they have diabetes as their non-Hispanic white counterparts. They are also almost twice as likely to die from diabetes as non-Hispanic whites. Data is limited for this population.

• American Indian/Alaska Native adults were 2.7 times as likely as white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes.
• American Indians/Alaska Natives were almost twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes in 2006.
• American Indian/Alaska Native adults were 1.6 times as likely as White adults to be obese.
• American Indian/Alaska Native adults were 1.3 times as likely as White adults to have high blood pressure.

At a glance – Diagnosed Cases of Diabetes:

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

Source: CDC 2005. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 1999-2003. Advance Data (356), Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf [PDF |631.7 KB]

Source: CDC 2009. Summary Health Statictics for U.S. Adults:2007. Table 8.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf [PDF | 8.4MB]

At a glance – Prevalence Rate:

National Diabetes Surveillance System

Age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes per 100 population (2005).
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted prevalence of visual impairment per 100 adults with diabetes (2004)
Not available at this time.

Rate of initiation of treatment for end-stage renal disease related to diabetes per 100,000 diabetic population
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted rate of hospitalization per 1,000 diabetic population, 2002
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted rate for lower extremity amputation per 1,000 diabetic population, 2002
Not available at this time.

At a glance – Death Rate:

Source:  CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 28.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf [PDF | 8.2MB]

Source:  CDC, 2009. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol.56, Num 10 Table 17 and Table 16.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57_14.pdf [PDF | 1.7MB]

At a Glance – Risk Factors:

There are severak risk factors related to diabetes. Some of these risk factors are:

Obesity and Overweight – See Obesity and American Indians/Native Americans
Hypertension – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans
High Cholesterol – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans
Cigarette Smoking – See Heart Disease and American Indians/Native Americans

At a Glance – Treatment:

National Healthcare Quality Report

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes who had their cholesterol checked, 2005.
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes who had received an influenza immunization, 2005.
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes who had a foot examination, 2005.
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes who had a retinal eye examination, 2005.
Not available at this time.

BRFSS, REACH 2010 Surveys

Age-adjusted percentage of diabetics who had a foot exam, 2001-2002 (BRFSS, REACH 2010 Surveys)
Not available at this time.

Age-adjusted percentage of diabetics who had an eye exam, 2001-2002 (BRFSS, REACH 2010 Surveys)
Not available at this time.