Trends in lifetime risk and years of potential life lost from diabetes in the United States, 1997-2018

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1. [1] Soda and diabetes Risk

   Statistic

   Lifetime risk of diabetes for a 20-year-old US adult: 31.7% (1997-1999), peaked at 40.7% (2005-2009), and 32.8% (95% CI 32.4-33.2) in 2015-2018

   “"LR for adults at age 20 increased from 31.7% (95% CI: 31.2-32.1%) in 1997-1999 to 40.7% (40.2-41.1%) in 2005-2009, then decreased to 32.8% (32.4-33.2%) in 2015-2018."”

   Calculation notes

   This is the baseline anchor and the source of the 0.33 figure. Koyama et al. estimate the lifetime risk of diabetes for a 20-year-old US adult (to age 84) at 32.8% (95% CI 32.4-33.2) in 2015-2018 — a from-age-20 basis that matches this site's from-age-18 normalization far more cleanly than a birth-cohort projection would, and consistent with Narayan et al. 2003 JAMA (32.8% male / 38.5% female). This entry inherits the same ~0.33 anchor its sibling undiagnosed-type2-diabetes uses. The figure covers all diabetes (type 1 is ~5-10% of cases, so the T2D-specific baseline is marginally lower, well within the uncertainty band). It supplies only the base rate; the SSB effect size comes from Malik and Imamura.
   

   Source date: 2022-06-01 · Accessed: 2026-07-14

2. [2] Silent diabetes Risk

   Statistic

   Lifetime risk of diabetes for a 20-year-old US adult: 31.7% (1997-1999), peaked at 40.7% (2005-2009), returned to 32.8% (2015-2018)

   “"LR for adults at age 20 increased from 31.7% (95% CI: 31.2–32.1%) in 1997–1999 to 40.7% (40.2–41.1%) in 2005–2009, then decreased to 32.8% (32.4–33.2%) in 2015–2018."”

   Calculation notes

   The 2015-2018 estimate of 32.8% lifetime risk for a 20-year-old US adult is used as the primary anchor for normalized.lifetime_us_adult. This figure is essentially unchanged from the Narayan et al. 2003 JAMA estimate of 32.8% for males born in 2000 (females 38.5%), despite the intervening two decades of prevalence fluctuation, and the 95% CI of 32.4-33.2% is narrow enough to be useful as a point estimate. The decline from the 2005-2009 peak (40.7%) is attributed in the paper to improvements in diabetes prevention and treatment and reductions in obesity-trend growth rates during this period. This source is the normalization anchor: lifetime_us_adult 0.33 sits at the lower end of the CI for the most recent period, reflecting the most conservative recent estimate and the fact that the question is framed around "currently unmonitored adults" rather than the total population including those already diagnosed and under treatment.
   

   Source date: 2022-06-01 · Accessed: 2026-05-03

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