Cost of Diabetes

Updated March 6, 2013

• $245 billion: Total costs of diagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2012
• $176 billion for direct medical costs
• $69 billion in reduced productivity

After adjusting for population age and sex differences, average medical expenditures among people with diagnosed diabetes were 2.3 times higher than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.

Read more about the results of our study "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2012.