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Data & Trends

Diabetes Surveillance System

1999 Surveillance Report

Table 2.17 Rank Order of States in Crude & Age-Adjusted Prevalence* of Diagnosed Diabetes per 100 Adult Population, United States, 1996

                                           Age-Adjusted
State           Percent    State              Percent
Alabama           6.4      Louisiana            6.0
Mississippi       6.2      Alabama              6.0
Louisiana         6.1      Mississippi          5.9
Illinois          6.1      Illinois             5.8
Michigan          5.7      California           5.6
West Virginia     5.6      Michigan             5.4
Pennsylvania      5.5      Delaware             5.2
California        5.4      Maryland             5.1
Florida           5.4      Texas                5.1
Delaware          5.4      Dist of Columbia     5.0
Indiana           5.2      West Virginia        5.0
South Carolina    5.1      New Mexico           4.9
Dist of Columbia  5.1      Indiana              4.9
Maryland          5.0      South Carolina       4.9
Arkansas          5.0      Pennsylvania         4.9
Texas             5.0      Virginia             4.6
New Mexico        5.0      Tennessee            4.6
Tennessee         4.9      Florida              4.6
Iowa              4.7      North Carolina       4.5
New Jersey        4.7      Arkansas             4.4
Rhode Island      4.6      Massachusetts        4.4
North Carolina    4.6      New Jersey           4.4
Wisconsin         4.6      Ohio                 4.4
Ohio              4.6      Wisconsin            4.3
Nebraska          4.6      Connecticut          4.3
Connecticut       4.6      Vermont              4.3
Massachusetts     4.6      Nevada               4.2
Virginia          4.5      Nebraska             4.2
Kentucky          4.4      Georgia              4.2
Missouri          4.4      Rhode Island         4.2
Oregon            4.4      Kentucky             4.2
Vermont           4.4      Iowa                 4.2
Nevada            4.3      Hawaii               4.1
Hawaii            4.3      New Hampshire        4.1
Oklahoma          4.2      Oregon               4.1
Maine             4.2      Missouri             4.0
New York          4.2      Utah                 4.0
New Hampshire     4.1      New York             3.9
Georgia           4.0      Alaska               3.9
Kansas            3.8      Maine                3.9
Minnesota         3.8      Oklahoma             3.9
Arizona           3.8      Minnesota            3.7
Utah              3.7      Colorado             3.6
Idaho             3.7      Arizona              3.6
South Dakota      3.7      Kansas               3.5
Washington        3.5      Idaho                3.5
Wyoming           3.5      Washington           3.5
Colorado          3.5      Wyoming              3.4
North Dakota      3.4      South Dakota         3.4
Montana           3.2      North Dakota         3.2
Alaska            3.2      Montana              2.9

* Three-year averages except for two-year average for Dist of Columbia.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adult and Community Health, data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Data computed by the Division of Diabetes Translation.

NOTES: For additional information on methods and data source, see Appendix, Data Sources & Limitations.

 

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