Diabetes and Hispanic/Latino Americans

  • In 2022, Hispanic/Latino American died from diabetes at a rate that was 36% below the total population.1
  • In 2022, Hispanic/Latino adults experienced 28% more instances of visual impairments than the total population.1
  • In 2024, Hispanic/Latino adults were diagnosed with diabetes at a rate that was 13% higher than the total adult population.2

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Diagnosed cases of diabetes

Adults ages 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes, percentage, 2024
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic /
Total Population Ratio
11.310.01.13
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). National Center for Health Statistics. Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults. Percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2024.
Adults ages 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes, age-adjusted percentage, 2019–2021
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic /
Total Population Ratio
Men12.29.61.27
Women11.38.71.30
Total11.79.11.29
Source: CDC, 2022. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2021. Appendix Table 3.
Crude prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults ages 18 and over, percentage, 2019–2021
PopulationTotal PopulationPopulation /
Total Population Ratio
Hispanic10.38.91.16
Central American7.38.90.82
Cuban9.08.91.01
Mexican11.18.91.25
Source: CDC, 2022. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2021. Table 2.

Death rates

Diabetes mortality, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population, 2022
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic /
Total Population Ratio
Male21.834.80.63
Female17.426.00.67
Both Sexes19.630.40.64
Source: CDC, 2025. Deaths: Final Data for 2022. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 4. Table 10.

Related conditions

Visual impairment among adults ages 18 and over with diabetes, age-adjusted percentage, 2022
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic /
Total Population Ratio
36.928.81.28
Source: CDC. National Diabetes Surveillance System. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/diabetes/diabetesatlas-surveillance.html
Hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications among adults ages 18 and over, rate per 100,000 population, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
42.5Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr
Lower extremity amputations among admissions adults ages 18 and over with diabetes, rate per 100,000 population, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
46.6Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr
Incidence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) due to diabetes, age-adjusted rate per million population, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
288.6Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr

Preventive health

Adults ages 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a flu vaccination in the calendar year, percentage, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
57.3Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr
Adults ages 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year, percentage, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
49.6Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr
Adults ages 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a dilated eye examination in the calendar year, percentage, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
51.9Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr
Adults ages 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received at least two hemoglobin A1c measurements in the calendar year, percentage, 2020
HispanicTotal PopulationHispanic / 
Total Population Ratio
70.4Not ReportedNot Reported
Source: AHRQ. National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query. https://datatools.ahrq.gov/nhqdr

1 CDC. National Diabetes Surveillance System. https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/diabetes/diabetesatlas-surveillance.html. (Back to top)

2 CDC. National Center for Health Statistics. Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults (Back to top)


Date Last Reviewed: September 2025