Data on this population is limited.

Asians are at increased risk for diabetes.
They are twice as likely to have diabetes
than Caucasians.

The following table shows that some groups
of Asian Americans are at increased risk
for developing type II diabetes compared
with Caucasians in the United States.
(Prevalence of diabetes in the United
States for people age 14 or older.)

Population	Prevalence of Diabetes (Percentage %)
Caucasians	0.7
Chinese	1.5
Filipino	2.2
Japanese	2.0
Korean	2.0

For Asian Americans ages 45 to 64, diabetes ranked as the fifth-highest cause of death.

Asian Americans have genetic, medical, and lifestyle risk factors for type II diabetes similar to African Americans. For more details, see the risk factors sections of African American.

Among the minority groups, Asian Americans have the lowest prevalence of end-stage renal disease.

Information on this page is found on the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse website. For more information, go to Diabetes in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans