Undiagnosed Diabetes
There is a substantial group of individuals exposed to DKA and not know what is happening to them.
37.3 million people of all ages had diabetes (11.3% of the population, in 2019).
37.1 million were adults ages 18 years or older.
28.7 million people of all ages had been diagnosed with diabetes (8.7% of the population).
28.5 million were adults ages 18 years or older.
283,000 were children and adolescents younger than age 20, including 244,000 with type 1 diabetes.
8.5 million were adults ages 18 years or older had undiagnosed diabetes (23% of adults with diabetes were undiagnosed).
The undiagnosed people didn't know they had a DKA time-bomb inside of them.
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The information above has been extracted from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website: