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Type 1 diabetes in Arkansas

T1D Index estimates for 2025 · United States

An estimated 13,512 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Arkansas in 2025. Each year about 510 people are newly diagnosed and 152 people with T1D die. A further 4,348 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.

People living with T1D

13,512

New diagnoses in 2025

510

Deaths in 2025

152

Missing people

4,348

Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D

62.6years

How many people have type 1 diabetes in Arkansas?

13,512 people in Arkansas are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 431.8 per 100,000 people. That is close to the United States average of 435.7 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Arkansas has the 34th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

For every 100 people living with T1D in Arkansas, another 32 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.

How many children and young people have type 1 diabetes in Arkansas?

1,965 people younger than 20 were living with type 1 diabetes in Arkansas in 2024 (95% CI, 1,915–2,018), out of 13,187 people of all ages. About 25.7 in every 100,000 people younger than 20 were newly diagnosed that year, close to the national rate of 24.0. These 2024 figures and their confidence intervals are published in JAMA Network Open.

Published 2024 type 1 diabetes estimates for Arkansas with 95% confidence intervals
2024Arkansas95% CIUnited States
People living with T1D, all ages13,18712,713–13,6561,476,859
People living with T1D, younger than 201,9651,915–2,018196,778
New diagnoses per 100,000 people younger than 2025.723.3–28.524.0
Pediatric endocrinologists per 1,000 people younger than 18 with T1D5.75.6–5.910.1

Cite as: Wang F, Haynes A, Dabelea D, et al. Type 1 diabetes incidence and prevalence in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2026;9(8):e2627732. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.27732. Download the table for every state (CSV).

Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Arkansas?

The number of people living with T1D in Arkansas went from 6,927 in 2000 to 13,512 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 18,209 by 2040 (+35%).

05K10K15K20K200020202040Projected →13.5K18.2K2000: 6,927 people living with T1D2001: 7,099 people living with T1D2002: 7,288 people living with T1D2003: 7,495 people living with T1D2004: 7,711 people living with T1D2005: 7,946 people living with T1D2006: 8,237 people living with T1D2007: 8,530 people living with T1D2008: 8,843 people living with T1D2009: 9,148 people living with T1D2010: 9,469 people living with T1D2011: 9,766 people living with T1D2012: 10,033 people living with T1D2013: 10,302 people living with T1D2014: 10,552 people living with T1D2015: 10,831 people living with T1D2016: 11,123 people living with T1D2017: 11,419 people living with T1D2018: 11,713 people living with T1D2019: 12,017 people living with T1D2020: 12,281 people living with T1D2021: 12,320 people living with T1D2022: 12,585 people living with T1D2023: 12,891 people living with T1D2024: 13,187 people living with T1D2025: 13,512 people living with T1D2026 (projected): 13,844 people living with T1D2027 (projected): 14,174 people living with T1D2028 (projected): 14,503 people living with T1D2029 (projected): 14,824 people living with T1D2030 (projected): 15,155 people living with T1D2031 (projected): 15,477 people living with T1D2032 (projected): 15,796 people living with T1D2033 (projected): 16,109 people living with T1D2034 (projected): 16,425 people living with T1D2035 (projected): 16,743 people living with T1D2036 (projected): 17,033 people living with T1D2037 (projected): 17,334 people living with T1D2038 (projected): 17,635 people living with T1D2039 (projected): 17,924 people living with T1D2040 (projected): 18,209 people living with T1D
People living with type 1 diabetes in Arkansas, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Arkansas over time, all ages
YearLiving with T1DNew diagnosesDeathsMissing people
20006,9273371442,908
20109,4694201323,488
202012,2814921974,027
202513,5125101524,348
2030 (projected)15,1555892144,791
2040 (projected)18,2095962525,878

What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Arkansas?

A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Arkansas in 2025 is expected to live to 62.6, compared with 77.1 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 14.5 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 22.4 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 15.5 years.

Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Arkansas, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of careHealthy years restoredHealthy years of lifeHealthy years still lost
Current level of care–54.822.4
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone–54.822.3
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone+1.155.921.2
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone+5.761.615.5

How does Arkansas compare?

Type 1 diabetes in Arkansas compared with the United States and the world, 2025
2025ArkansasUnited StatesWorld
People living with T1D per 100,000431.8435.7115.5
New diagnoses per 100,00016.315.16.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D32.225.143.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D62.667.051.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in the general population77.180.177.0

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All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.