QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Reporting Diabetic Retinopathy Among Those with Prediabetes or Diagnosed Diabetes by Age Group
Posted on byDuring 2016–2017, adults aged 18–64 years with type 1 diabetes were more likely to have ever had diabetic retinopathy than adults with type 2 diabetes (23.8% compared with 5%).
Adults aged 65 years or older with type 1 diabetes were also more likely to have ever had diabetic retinopathy than adults with type 2 diabetes (24.6% compared with 8.7%).
For both age groups, among those with prediabetes, the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was 0.6%.
Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2016–2017. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
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Page last reviewed: May 31, 2019
Page last updated: May 31, 2019
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CDC, National Center for Health Statistics