The Diabetes Epidemic in Alabama: An Overview

Overview:

This is a 90-minute recording of a live webcast.

In the past several decades diagnosed cases of diabetes have increased at alarming rates, costing billions of dollars in medical expenditures and lost work and wages for people known to have the disease. In 2015, the CDC estimated that 29.1 million children and adults in the U.S. (9.3% of the population) had a confirmed diagnosis of diabetes and as many as 86 million (25% of the U.S. population) may have a condition known as pre-diabetes. Alabama currently ranks 50th, with the highest prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. In the past two years, the prevalence of diabetes has increased from 11.8 percent to 13.8 percent in the adult population in Alabama, with many more undiagnosed. Program faculty will provide an overview of diabetes including diagnosis, management and complications.