North Dakota 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 North Dakota
$910K

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M
57.8K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M
3.5K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M
7.4%
Notified of Prediabetes
Nationally: 8.8%
762.1K
State Population
Nationally: 328.2M
$471M
per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $237B
$190M
per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $90B
Does North Dakota Have a Diabetes Action Plan?
Yes
(28 States Nationally)
DDT Direct Funding to North Dakota
North Dakota Program Activities
National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP)
18
CDC-recognized organizations offering the lifestyle change program
(2.1K Nationally)
2
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program suppliers
(288 Nationally)
1.9K
Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program
(583K Nationally)
North Dakota Medicaid program does not have some level of Medicaid coverage for the National DPP lifestyle change program
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)
15
Recognized/accredited DSMES service providers
(2.1K Nationally)
10.1K
People with diabetes with at least one encounter at a recognized/accredited DSMES service
(929K Nationally)
North Dakota Highlights
  • The North Dakota Department of Health delivered a training to pharmacy school students on techniques for better patient care for people living with diabetes or prediabetes. After the medication therapy training, 25 pharmacy students rotated through five community pharmacy sites to help screen over 350 patients for prediabetes.
  • The North Dakota Department of Health collaborated with the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System to work towards including the National DPP lifestyle change program as a wellness benefit for Medicare beneficiaries and retirees.
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