Estimated Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) due to Diabetes, United States, 2021Years of life lost (YLL) due to diabetes measure the number of deaths due to diabetes as a proportion of the total YLL lost in the population due to premature mortality multiplied by a standard life expectancy at the age at which death occurs.

Sex Age Group
(in years) 		Average YPLLs due to
DiabetesYears of Potential Life Lost, or YLLs, is the difference in expected life expectancy between persons with diabetes and persons without diabetes. 		Number of Persons
with Diabetes (in thousands) 		Total YPLLs due to
Diabetes (in thousands)Reports the total number of YPLLs across all people with diabetes.
Overall 18-44 8.5 3,963 34
45-64 4.7 12,438 58
65-74 2.6 7,581 20
75+ 1.4 5,486 8
Total 4.1 29,470 119
Male 18-44 9.7 1,995 19
45-64 4.6 6,509 30
65-74 2.6 3,891 10
75+ 1.6 2,644 4
Total 4.2 15,040 64
Female 18-44 7.2 1,968 14
45-64 4.8 5,929 28
65-74 2.5 3,690 9
75+ 1.3 2,842 4
Total 3.9 14,430 56

Data Sources: 2013-2017 National Health Interview Survey, 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Arias, E., Xu, J. (2022). "Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2021."

Notes: Average YPLLs due to diabetes are averaged across each age year in the age group. Total estimates represent the weighted average of the age/sex group estimates, where the weights represent the relative share of persons with diabetes accounted for by each group by state.

Estimated numbers are rounded by group and may not add to totals.

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