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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Diabetes

Goal: Reduce the burden of diabetes and improve quality of life for all people who have, or are at risk for, diabetes.

A woman checks her blood sugar with a blood glucose meter.

More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes, and it’s the seventh leading cause of death.1 Healthy People 2030 focuses on reducing diabetes cases, complications, and deaths. 

Some racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to have diabetes. And many people with diabetes don’t know they have it.

Poorly controlled or untreated diabetes can lead to leg or foot amputations, vision loss, and kidney damage. But interventions to help people manage diabetes can help reduce the risk of complications. In addition, strategies to help people who don’t have diabetes eat healthier, get physical activity, and lose weight can help prevent new cases.

Objective Status

  • 0 Target met or exceeded
  • 2 Improving
  • 6 Little or no detectable change
  • 1 Getting worse
  • 4 Baseline only
  • 2 Developmental
  • 0 Research

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Related Objectives

The following is a sample of objectives related to this topic. Some objectives may include population data.

Diabetes — General

Reduce the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly — D‑01
LHI label
Baseline only
Reduce the rate of death from any cause in adults with diabetes — D‑09
Baseline only
Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who have a yearly eye exam — D‑04
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes using insulin who monitor their blood sugar daily — D‑07
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people with diabetes who get formal diabetes education — D‑06
Getting worse

Chronic Kidney Disease

Increase the proportion of people on Medicare with chronic kidney disease who get recommended tests — CKD‑04
Improving
Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who get a yearly urinary albumin test — D‑05
Improving
Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes and chronic kidney disease who get ACE inhibitors or ARBs — CKD‑05
Little or no detectable change

Health Care

Reduce the proportion of adults with diabetes who have an A1c value above 9 percent — D‑03
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the rate of foot and leg amputations in adults with diabetes — D‑08
Little or no detectable change

Hospital and Emergency Services

Reduce emergency department visits for insulin overdoses — MPS‑D02
Developmental

Older Adults

Reduce the rate of hospital admissions for diabetes among older adults — OA‑05
Baseline only

Overweight and Obesity

Reduce the proportion of adults who don't know they have prediabetes — D‑02
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of eligible people completing CDC-recognized type 2 diabetes prevention programs — D‑D01
Developmental

Sensory or Communication Disorders

Reduce vision loss from diabetic retinopathy — V‑04
Baseline only

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References

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2017: Estimates of Diabetes and its Burden in the United States. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf [PDF - 786 KB]