Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC
DDT Direct Funding to Washington, DC
Washington, DC Program Activities
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Key Metrics in Washington, DC

$1.1M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

43.6K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

9.2%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

973.8K

Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$428M

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$271M

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Washington, DC Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

(28 States Nationally)

DDT Direct Funding to Washington, DC

Washington, DC 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 Washington, DC, including:

Black Women's Health Imperative
National Alliance for Hispanic Health

See DP17-1705 for more information.

Washington, DC 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)

708

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Washington, DC 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)

8.4K

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

(929K Nationally)

Washington, DC Highlights

The District of Columbia Department of Health provided technical assistance on utilizing Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program status, billing and coding, and recruitment and enrollment strategies for YMCA’s National DPP lifestyle change program managers.
The District of Columbia Department of Health developed a draft DSMES roadmap for District of Columbia Medicaid managed care organizations and developed a business case that identifies gaps in coverage, relevant demographic data, and cost data to support expansion or strengthening of DSMES coverage policies.

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Page last reviewed: September 15, 2022

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention