Diabetes and American Indians/Alaska Natives

In 2024, American Indian/Alaska Native adults were diagnosed with diabetes 36% more often than the total population.1
In 2022, American Indians/Alaska Natives died from diabetes nearly twice as much as the total population.

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Occurrence

Adults ages 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes, percentage, 2024
AI/AN	Total Population	Ratio (AI/AN* / Total)
13.6	10.0	1.36

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). Interactive summary health statistics for adults: Percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2024. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mortality

Diabetes mortality, age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population, 2022
	AI/AN*	Total Population	Ratio (AI/AN* / Total)
Male	55.1	30.5	1.81
Female	40.8	18.8	2.17
Both Sexes	47.7	24.1	1.98

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.

Health Care Use

Adults ages 18 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received an annual eye examination in the calendar year, percentage, 2023
AI/AN*	Total Population	Ratio (AI/AN* / Total)
83.7	66.0	1.27

Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025). National Health Interview Survey, Healthy People 2030: Annual eye examinations among adults with diagnosed diabetes by race/ethnicity, 2019–2023. 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. Percentage of diagnosed diabetes for adults aged 18 and over, United States, 2024. (Back to top)

Date Last Reviewed: January 2026