Adults with diabetes are significantly more likely to die from a heart attack or stroke.

Each year, nearly 50,000 Americans begin treatment for kidney failure due to diabetes. Diabetes accounts for 44 percent of all new cases of kidney failure.

Each year, diabetes causes about 73,000 lower limb amputations, which accounts for 60 percent of all lower limb amputations (not including amputations due to trauma).

More than a quarter of all Americans with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy, which can cause vision loss and blindness.