Office of Minority Health

• In 2018, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders were 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes, as compared to the non-Hispanic white population.
• In 2018, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders were 2.5 times more likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes.
• In 2014, American Samoans had the highest diabetes rate among surveyed Pacific Islander sub-populations. Their rate was 2.8 times higher than the national white population.

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, 2017. Health Conditions and Behaviors of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Persons in the United States, 2014. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 3, No. 40. Table 9.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_040.pdf

National Diabetes Surveillance System
National data not available at this time.

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 Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders
Hypertension - See Heart Disease and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders
High Cholesterol - See Heart Disease and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders
Cigarette Smoking - See Heart Disease and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

Treatment

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