Diabetes is more common among adults living in poverty

Diabetes rates have “significantly increased” since 2001, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control. Rates rose from 10.3% in 2001–2004 to 13.2% in 2017–2020 among U.S. adults.

Diabetes is more common among adults living in poverty — with 13.1% of those below the federal poverty level having been diagnosed. Diabetes diagnoses are more common among non-white US adults — with American Indian and Alaska Native adults experiencing the highest diagnosis rate at 14.5%.