Alabama Diabetes Profile

Diagnosed diabetes is prevalent across all 50 states and Washington, DC. People with diabetes are at high risk of heart disease, stroke, and other serious complications, such as kidney failure, blindness, and amputation of a toe, foot, or leg. CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) focuses on preventing type 2 diabetes, reducing diabetes complications and disability, and reducing diabetes-related disparities, which are differences in health across geographic, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.

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Key Metrics in Alabama
DDT Direct Funding to Alabama
Alabama Program Activities
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Key Metrics in Alabama

$1.1M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

568.2K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

35.7K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

4.9M

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$4.2B

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$1.7B

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Alabama Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

(28 States Nationally)

DDT Direct Funding to Alabama

Alabama receives funding and technical support from CDC to work to prevent and manage diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. States implement and evaluate evidence-based strategies to help people manage diabetes and prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes in high-burden populations and communities. See DP18-1815 for more information.

This cooperative agreement supports 10 national organizations that have affiliate program delivery sites to further build the National Diabetes Prevention Program infrastructure. These organizations work to increase the availability of the evidence-based lifestyle change program for groups that are underrepresented in the program relative to their disease burden and risk. These groups include Medicare beneficiaries; men; African American, Asian American, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, Pacific Islander persons; and people with visual or physical disabilities. Since 2018, 4 organizations supported by funding from this cooperative agreement were delivering the program in Alabama, including:

American Pharmacists Association Foundation
Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists
Black Women's Health Imperative
The Balm in Gilead Inc.

See DP17-1705 for more information.

Alabama Program Activities

National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP)

CDC-recognized organizations offering the lifestyle change program

(2.1K Nationally)

Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program suppliers

(288 Nationally)

4.1K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Alabama Medicaid program does not have some level of Medicaid coverage for the National DPP lifestyle change program

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)

Recognized/accredited DSMES service providers

(2.1K Nationally)

9.6K

People with diabetes with at least one encounter at a recognized/accredited DSMES service

(929K Nationally)

Alabama Highlights

The Alabama Department of Public Health developed marketing materials to promote enrollment and retention in the National DPP lifestyle change program.
The Alabama Department of Public Health collaborated with the McHorter School of Pharmacy to train pharmacists and dietitians to provide DSMES and provided billing technical assistance to ensure sustainability. From June 2020 – June 2021, eight newly recognized or accredited DSMES sites were established.

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