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

$895.5K

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

41.9K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

3.3K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

10.5%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

731.5K

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$419M

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$156M

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Alaska Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

*Yes

(28 States Nationally)

Alaska Diabetes Action Plan

DDT Direct Funding to Alaska

Alaska 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, 1 organization supported by funding from this cooperative agreement was delivering the program in Alaska, including:

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

See DP17-1705 for more information.

Alaska 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)

1.4K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Alaska 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)

2.3K

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

(929K Nationally)

Alaska Highlights

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services worked with Omada Health and InquisitHealth to establish two virtual National DPP lifestyle change program classes.
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services provided technical assistance to pharmacists, enabling them to register as DSMES providers under the state umbrella license and receive training on Medicare reimbursement. By June 2021, seven pharmacists were using patient care processes to promote medication management for people with diabetes.

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