South Carolina 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 South Carolina
$2M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M
558.6K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M
32.3K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M
8.8%
Notified of Prediabetes
Nationally: 8.8%
5.1M
State Population
Nationally: 328.2M
$4.3B
per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $237B
$1.6B
per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $90B
Does South Carolina Have a Diabetes Action Plan?
*Yes
(28 States Nationally)
DDT Direct Funding to South Carolina
South Carolina Program Activities
National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP)
50
CDC-recognized organizations offering the lifestyle change program
(2.1K Nationally)
11
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program suppliers
(288 Nationally)
7.4K
Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program
(583K Nationally)
South Carolina Medicaid program does not have some level of Medicaid coverage for the National DPP lifestyle change program
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)
38
Recognized/accredited DSMES service providers
(2.1K Nationally)
12.5K
People with diabetes with at least one encounter at a recognized/accredited DSMES service
(929K Nationally)
South Carolina Highlights
  • The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control developed and disseminated the ‘In It Together’ bi-directional referral tools and protocol to programs participating in the value-based payment plan.
  • The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control partnered with health care organizations and providers to build an electronic health record system that facilitates and tracks referrals to DSMES and enhanced support tools.
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