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

$1.9M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

487.1K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

29.9K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

8.5%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

6.9M

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$5.5B

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$2.1B

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Massachusetts Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

(28 States Nationally)

DDT Direct Funding to Massachusetts

Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts 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)

5.9K

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Massachusetts 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)

31.2K

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

(929K Nationally)

Massachusetts Highlights

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health collaborated with local YMCAs to offer the virtual National DPP lifestyle change program in addition to three-month memberships to YMCA.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health collaborated with Asian Women for Health to conduct key informant interviews with Asian community members to culturally adapt and translate diabetes education materials.

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