The best care for diabetes includes meeting five goals known as the D5.  The following graph shows the percentage of diabetes patients, ages 18-75, who met all five goals:

1. Maintain blood pressure less than 130/80
2. Lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol to less than 100 mg/dl
3. Control blood sugar so that A1c level is less than 7%
4. Don't smoke
5. Take an aspirin daily, for those ages 40 and older