Diabetes and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

  • National data for this population is limited.
  • From 2022-2024, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults were diagnosed with diabetes at the same rate as adults from the total population.1
  • In 2022, non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders died from diabetes at a rate two times higher than the total population.2

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Occurrence

Adults ages 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes, percentage, 2022–2024
NHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
9.89.81.00
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Interactive summary health statistics for adults by detailed race and ethnicity: Percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2022–2024. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mortality

Diabetes mortality, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population, 2022
NHPI*Total PopulationRatio (NHPI* / Total)
Male53.830.51.76
Female46.018.82.45
Both Sexes49.924.12.07
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Deaths: Final data for 2022 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 4, Table 11). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

*Population is non-Hispanic in the data source.

1 CDC. National Center for Health Statistics. Interactive Summary Health Statistics for Adults by Detailed Race and Ethnicity. Percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2022–2024. (Back to top)

2 CDC, 2025. Deaths: Final Data for 2022. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 74, No. 4. Table 10. (Back to top)


Date Last Reviewed: January 2026