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

$1.9M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

345.8K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

24.9K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

10%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

5.8M

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$2.6B

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$1B

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Colorado Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

(28 States Nationally)

DDT Direct Funding to Colorado

Colorado 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.

Colorado receives support from CDC to develop new and innovative approaches to increase the reach and effectiveness of evidence-based public health strategies. Activities under this program focus on reaching populations and communities with a high burden of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. This funding supports state and local public health department efforts in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes and improving health outcomes for people diagnosed with diabetes. See DP18-1817 for more information.

Colorado 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)

22K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Colorado Medicaid program has 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)

23.8K

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

(929K Nationally)

Colorado Highlights

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment launched a marketing campaign for English and Spanish speaking audiences to gather partner insights and help drive a media campaign for the National DPP lifestyle change program. The campaign reached over 66,800 people through evidence-based engagement strategies.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment worked with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to integrate clinical pharmacy services into their clinical workflows to deliver medication therapy management and develop referral criteria for patients who have an A1c level over 9%.

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