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

$1.1M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

307.4K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

21.6K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

6.5%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$2.2B

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$885M

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Arkansas Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

Yes

(28 States Nationally)

Arkansas Diabetes Action Plan

DDT Direct Funding to Arkansas

STATE 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, 2 organizations supported by funding from this cooperative agreement were delivering the program in Arkansas, including:

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists

See DP17-1705 for more information.

Arkansas 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)

2.1K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Arkansas 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)

9.2K

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

(929K Nationally)

Arkansas Highlights

With the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Cardiology, the Arkansas Department of Health is promoting cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention training for community health workers (CHWs). From June 2020 to June 2021, 124 CHWs have received core competency training.
The Arkansas Department of Health is coordinating training for 15 pharmacies to deliver medication management therapy by collaborating with Medication Therapy Management The Future Today and Harps Food Stores.

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