Diabetes and Asian Americans

Diabetes

Asian Americans are 40 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than non-Hispanic whites.
In 2017, Asian Americans were 60 percent more likely to be diagnosed with end stage renal disease than non-Hispanic whites.
From 2017-2018, Asian Indians were 70 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, as compared to non-Hispanic whites.

Diagnosed Cases of Diabetes

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes, 2018
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
11.4	8.0	1.4

Source: CDC 2021. Summary Health Statistics: National Health Interview Survey: 2018. Table A-4a.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/shs/tables.htm

Age-adjusted percentage of adults age 18 and over diagnosed with diabetes, 2018
Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
10.0	7.8	1.3

Source: CDC 2019. National Diabetes Surveillance System.
https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/diabetes/DiabetesAtlas.html

Age-adjusted percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults age 18 and over, 2017-2018
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	10.0	8.6	1.2
Women	8.5	6.6	1.3
Total	9.2	7.5	1.2

Source: CDC 2020. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020. Appendix Table 3.
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics-report/index.html

Age-adjusted percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults age 18 and over, 2017-2018
Population	Percent	Population / Non- Hispanic White Ratio
Non-Hispanic White	7.5	--
Asian	9.2	1.2
Asian Indian	12.6	1.7
Chinese	5.6	0.7
Filipino	10.4	1.4
Other Asian	9.9	1.3

Source: CDC 2020. National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020. Appendix Table 3.
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics-report/index.html

Age-Adjusted Diabetes Death Rates per 100,000 (2018)
	Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	19.0	24.3	0.8
Female	12.7	14.3	0.9
Total	15.4	18.9	0.8

Source: CDC 2021. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 69, No. 13. Table 10.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/nvsr69-13-508.pdf [PDF | 2.05MB]

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

Obesity and Overweight - See Obesity and Asian Americans
Hypertension - See Heart Disease and Asian Americans
High Cholesterol - See Heart Disease and Asian Americans
Cigarette Smoking - See Heart Disease and Asian Americans

Age-adjusted percentage of visual impairment for adults with diabetes (2017)
Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
6.0	16.1	0.4

Source: Source: CDC 2021. National Diabetes Surveillance System.
https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/diabetes/diabetesatlas.html

Hospital admissions per 100,000 for uncontrolled diabetes without complications, age 18 and over, 2017
Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
18.2	36.4	0.5

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 5_4_1_1_1_.2a. [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Hospital admissions per 100.000 for lower extremity amputations, age 18 and over with diabetes, 2017
Non-Hispanic Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Asian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
8.2	26.8	0.3

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 5_4_1_4_1.2a [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Age-adjusted incidence rate per million of end stage renal disease (ESRD) due to diabetes, 2017
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / White Ratio
210.5	131.0	1.6

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 6_4_3_6_1.2a and 2b [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 40 years of age and over with diabetes who had received an influenza immunization, 2016
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / White Ratio
63.8	62.0	1.0

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 6_4_1_5_1.2a and 2b [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 40 years of age and over with diabetes who had a foot examination, 2016
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / White Ratio
58.3	70.5	0.8

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 6_4_1_4_1.2a and 2b [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes who had a foot examination, 2017
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / White Ratio
63.2	70.0	0.9

Source: CDC 2021. Healthy People 2020 Database. Table D-9.
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Data/default.aspx

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 40 years of age and over with diabetes who had a retinal eye examination, 2016
Asian	Non-Hispanic White	Asian / White Ratio
58.3	65.8	0.9

Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Data Query: Table 6_4_1_3_1.2a and 2b [Accessed 2/22/2021]
http://nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/query

Last Modified: 3/1/2021 11:09:00 AM

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