Does the surveillance system provide estimates for type 1 and type 2 diabetes?
No questions are asked about the type of diabetes. We estimate the number and percentage of the U.S. population with diagnosed diabetes by using data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All sampled adults are asked whether a health professional had ever told them they had diabetes. Also, parents of sampled children are asked whether their child had diabetes.
