Virginia 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 Virginia
$2.1M

Fiscal Year 2022 Funding

Nationally: $88.5M
743K

Total Diabetes Cases (Prevalence)

Nationally: 28.5M
40.6K

New Diabetes Cases (Incidence)

Nationally: 1.4M
9.3%
Notified of Prediabetes
Nationally: 8.8%
8.5M
State Population
Nationally: 328.2M
$6.1B
per year in direct medical costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $237B
$2.3B
per year in indirect costs attributed to diabetes
Nationally: $90B
Does Virginia Have a Diabetes Action Plan?
Yes
(28 States Nationally)
DDT Direct Funding to Virginia
Virginia Program Activities
National Diabetes Prevention Program (National DPP)
54
CDC-recognized organizations offering the lifestyle change program
(2.1K Nationally)
5
Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program suppliers
(288 Nationally)
12.1K
Participants enrolled in the National DPP lifestyle change program
(583K Nationally)
Virginia Medicaid program has some level of Medicaid coverage for the National DPP lifestyle change program
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES)
47
Recognized/accredited DSMES service providers
(2.1K Nationally)
19K
People with diabetes with at least one encounter at a recognized/accredited DSMES service
(929K Nationally)
Virginia Highlights
  • In Virginia, four new diabetic retinopathy screening sites were established in underserved areas and connected to a telemedicine reading center. From September 2020 to September 2021, about 700 diabetic retinopathy screenings were delivered and patients with diabetes were referred to a specialist when needed.
  • In Virginia, six health care systems are using bi-directional e-referral systems to exchange information with CDC-recognized organizations for the National DPP.
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Page last reviewed: September 15, 2022