Delaware 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.

View another state

National Diabetes Profile

On This Page

Key Metrics in Delaware
DDT Direct Funding to Delaware
Delaware Program Activities
Additional Metrics

Key Metrics in Delaware

$944K

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

96.8K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

6.8K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

8.1%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

705.7K

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$703M

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$280M

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Delaware Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

Yes

(28 States Nationally)

Delaware Diabetes Action Plan

DDT Direct Funding to Delaware

Delaware 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.

Delaware 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)

3.3K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Delaware 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)

2.1K

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

(929K Nationally)

Delaware Highlights

In Delaware, over 101,100 employees of state/public organizations and their dependents have the National DPP lifestyle change program as covered benefit.
As of September 2021, 114 pharmacists in Delaware are using patient care processes to promote medication management for people with diabetes.

Additional Metrics

Related Resources

Top of Page