January 10, 2023

According to the American Diabetes Association . . .

Diabetes is an epidemic in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over 37 million Americans have diabetes and face its devastating consequences. What’s true nationwide is also true in Connecticut.

Connecticut’s diabetes epidemic:

• • Approximately 275,491 people in Connecticut, or 9.6% of the adult population, have diagnosed diabetes.

  • An additional 79,000 people in Connecticut have diabetes but don’t know it, greatly increasing their health risk.

  • There are 944,000 people in Connecticut, 33.1% of the adult population, who have pre-diabetes with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

  • Every year an estimated 21,273 people in Connecticut are diagnosed with diabetes.

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Resources - American Diabetes Association