Approximately 86 million Americans have pre-diabetes or diabetes.
"this is, you know, affecting pre-diabetes or diabetes 86 million Americans right now." (said at 0:11:35)
The figure of approximately 86 million Americans comes from the CDC's National Diabetes Statistics Report and refers specifically to adults with prediabetes alone (around 37% of US adults at the time of reporting). When combined with the estimated 29 to 30 million Americans living with diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes, the total number of Americans with either prediabetes or diabetes was over 115 million.
- context: Announcement: National Diabetes Month - November 2016. (MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2016)
"In the United States, 29 million persons have diabetes and 86 million adults have prediabetes, putting them at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke" (abstract, passage verified)
pubmedfull study (doi) - context: A Framework for Implementing the National Diabetes Prevention Program in Los Angeles Count… (Preventing chronic disease 2017)
"An estimated 86 million Americans aged 20 years or older have prediabetes, 90% of whom are unaware they have it." (abstract, background, passage verified)
pubmedfull study (doi)