Line graph showing a near doubling in the number of adults with type 2 diabetes who take non-insulin only medications, both insulin and non-insulin medications, and neither between 1999 and 2020. Insulin only users remained stable over time.

FIGURE 11.

Number of Adults Age ≥20 Years With Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes, by Antihyperglycemic Medication Status and Time Period, U.S., 1999–March 2020.

Diagnosed type 2 diabetes is self-reported; probable type 1 diabetes (insulin use only and continuous insulin use within 1 year of diagnosis) is excluded.

SOURCE: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 1999–March 2020

From: Medication Use and Self-Care Practices in Persons With Diabetes

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