Gestational diabetes

Pregnancy, birth, and newborn. Also called: Diabetes in pregnancy.

How common is Gestational diabetes in the US?

Gestational diabetes recorded on the birth certificate: 6.0% (Women with a live birth; United States, 2016). Source: MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC), 2018. Label: VERIFIED.

• 6.0% Gestational diabetes recorded on the birth certificate. Out of: Women with a live birth. Where: United States. When: 2016. Counts only pregnancies that ended in a live birth. Label: VERIFIED.

  In 2016, the crude national prevalence of preexisting diabetes among women with live births was 0.9%, and prevalence of gestational diabetes was 6.0%.

  Source: Prevalence and Changes in Preexisting Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes Among Women Who Had a Live Birth - United States, 2012-2016. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC), 2018. PubMed 30383743. DOI 10.15585/mmwr.mm6743a2.

Each figure measures something different. Do not compare them with each other or with other conditions.

Medical codes

• ICD-10-CM FY2026: O24.419 Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified control (narrower). Long-term effects after pregnancy are profiled separately.

Research activity

As of 2026-09-24: 980 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov (search Gestational Diabetes) and 11,776 PubMed records, 2021 to 2025. A count of records is not how common or serious the condition is.

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