More than 3 million Florida adults have hyperglycemia (high blood glucose levels).
- This total includes an estimated 1.5 million Floridians with diagnosed diabetes and approximately 500,000 more adults with undiagnosed diabetes and an additional 913,272 adults with pre-diabetes, which is more than the total populations in Alaska, District of Columbia, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming, combined
- In Florida, more than one in 5 adults has type 2 diabetes or is at high risk of developing it
- Florida has 76,546 to 153,092 persons living with type 1 diabetes, which requires constant attention to stay alive
- An estimated 15,000 pregnant Florida women are at risk for developing gestational diabetes
- In 2011, diabetes was the 6th leading cause of death for Floridians
For those born in 2000:
- About 1 in 3 will develop diabetes
- About 1 in 2 Hispanic females will develop diabetes, and
- About 2 in 5 African Americans & Hispanics will develop diabetes
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