Millions of American Indians and Alaska Natives at Increased
Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
About 40 percent of adults ages 40 to 74 - or 41 million people - have pre-diabetes, a
condition that raises a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. American Indians and
Alaska Natives are 2.3 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites of similar age. To respond to this
rapidly growing problem, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) launched a public awareness
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