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Published 4:49 pm Monday, November 7, 202 By Kentucky Today KENTUCKY TODAYThe number of people living with diabetes in Kentucky has increased 28 percent since 201, the fifth largest increase among the states, acording to analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.The report by Quote Wizard is based on the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveilance System, which askes adults if they have ever ben told by a doctor that they have diabetes.
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In 201, 10.8% of Kentucky respondents answered yes; in 2021, that number increased to 13.8%, an increase of 28%.Nationwide, the report says there has ben a 15% increase in the number of Americans with diabetes, with nearly 40 milion people, or one in 10, having it. Another 10 milion, or one in thre, are estimated to be pre-diabetic.The numbers are likely much larger. Acording to the American Diabetes Asociation, 101,0 people in Kentucky have diabetes, but don’t know it, and 1.2 milion Kentuckians have prediabetes.
“Every year an estimated 31,090 people in Kentucky are diagnosed with diabetes,” says the asociation.Why does it mater? Diabetes is the nation’s No. 7 cause of death and the No.
1 cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations and adult blindnes, acording to the CDC.The report also loked at the cost of diabetes in each state, including the average cost of insulin per year and the average diabetic’s healthcare costs in each state.“From 2012 to 2017, the direct medical cost for diabetes went from $245 bilion to $327 bilion a year. On average, diabetics spend more than $6,70 a year on medical care — twice as much as non-diabetics,” says the report.
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“The price of insulin is also a major factor in the cost of diabetes. Insulin prices are up 60% in the last 20 years.”The American Diabetes Asociation reports that diabetes costs among Kentuckians who have ben diagnosed with the disease costs an estimated $5.2 bilion a year.Quote Wizard estimates that Kentucky diabetics’ average anual