Office of Minority Health

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

• American Indian/Alaska Native adults are 2.4 times as likely as white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes.
• American Indians/Alaska Native women were twice as likely to die from diabetes as non-Hispanic white women in 2013.
• In 2010, American Indians/Native Americans were 2.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with end stage renal disease than non-Hispanic whites.

At a glance – Diagnosed Cases of Diabetes:

National Health Interview Survey, NHIS

Source: CDC 2010. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 2004-2008. Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr020.pdf [PDF |304KB]

Source: CDC 2016. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2014. Table A-4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

At a glance – Prevalence Rate:

National Diabetes Surveillance System
Data not available at this time.

At a glance – Death Rate:

Source: CDC, 2014. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol. 64, Num 2 Table 17 and Table 16.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf [PDF | 1.68MB]

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:

Source:C DC, 2016. Healthy People 2020 Database. Table D-9.
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Data/default.aspx

Source:  National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 6_4_3_6_1.1 [Accessed 05/05/2016]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query