Office of Minority Health

• American Indian/Alaska Native adults are almost three times more likely than non-Hispanic white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes.
• In 2018, American Indians/Alaska Natives were 2.3 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes.
• In 2017, American Indians/ Alaska Natives were twice as likely to be diagnosed with end stage renal disease than non-Hispanic whites.

Diagnosed Cases of Diabetes

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

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

Death Rates

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]

Risk Factors

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

Obesity and Overweight - See Obesity and American Indians/Alaska Natives
Hypertension - See Heart Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives
High Cholesterol - See Heart Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives
Cigarette Smoking - See Heart Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives

Related Conditions

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

Treatment

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

Source: CDC, 2021. Healthy People 2020 Database. Table D-10.
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/Data/default.aspx