An estimated 8.5% of the U.S. adult population was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and 0.5% was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2016 and 2017, according to a study published in BMJ.In addition, adults with type 2 diabetes made up 91.2% of the U.S. population with some form of diabetes, whereas 5.6% of the population with diabetes had type 1.
Source: Diabetes prevalence reaches 9.7% of U.S. population in 2016 and 2017