Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
DDT Direct Funding to Rhode Island
Rhode Island Program Activities
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Key Metrics in Rhode Island

$1.7M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M

88.5K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M

6.3K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M

6.6%

Notified of Prediabetes

Nationally: 8.8%

1.1M

State Population

Nationally: 328.2M

$778M

per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $237B

$283M

per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes

Nationally: $90B

Does Rhode Island Have a Diabetes Action Plan?

*Yes

(28 States Nationally)

Rhode Island Diabetes Action Plan

DDT Direct Funding to Rhode Island

Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island 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)

Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program

(583K Nationally)

Rhode Island 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)

1.5K

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

(929K Nationally)

Rhode Island Highlights

The Rhode Island Department of Health developed and implemented a Practice Outreach Plan for community health workers to assist practices in identifying people with prediabetes and referring them to the National DPP lifestyle change program.
The Rhode Island Department of Health supported two recognized or accredited DSMES sites in increasing outreach to vulnerable populations and assessing demographics and health needs of the high-risk population.

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