QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Reporting Diabetic Retinopathy Among Those with Prediabetes or Diagnosed Diabetes by Age Group

During 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.