Florida 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.
Fiscal Year 2022 Funding
Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)
New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)
- The Florida Department of Health and the University of Central Florida HealthARCH assisted health care organizations in implementing standardized systems for screening and referring individuals to the CDC-recognized lifestyle change program.
- The Florida Department of Health collaborated with the University of Florida to develop a tool to assess pharmacist’s readiness for implementing medication therapy management among patients with diabetes.