StateMaster - Diabetes (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	West Virginia:	10.9%
#2	Puerto Rico:	10.6%
#3	Mississippi:	9.5%
#4	US Virgin Islands:	8.7%
#5	North Carolina:	8.4%
#6	Tennessee:	8.4%
#7	Louisiana:	8.2%
#8	District of Columbia:	8.2%
#9	South Carolina:	8.2%
#10	Alabama:	8.1%
#11	Oklahoma:	8%
#12	Pennsylvania:	7.8%
#13	Ohio:	7.8%
#14	Florida:	7.7%
#15	Indiana:	7.7%
#16	Michigan:	7.6%
#17	Texas:	7.6%
#18	New York:	7.5%
#19	Kentucky:	7.5%
#20	Maine:	7.4%
#21	Georgia:	7.3%
#22	Missouri:	7.2%
#23	Rhode Island:	7.1%
#24	Maryland:	7.1%
#25	Arkansas:	7%
#26	Virginia:	7%
#27	California:	7%
#28	Delaware:	7%
#29	New Jersey:	6.7%
#30	Arizona:	6.6%
#31	New Mexico:	6.5%
#32	South Dakota:	6.5%
#33	Oregon:	6.5%
#34	New Hampshire:	6.5%
#35	Kansas:	6.4%
#36	Nevada:	6.4%
#37	Iowa:	6.4%
#38	Washington:	6.3%
#39	Nebraska:	6.2%
#40	Idaho:	6.1%
#41	Connecticut:	6%
#42	Illinois:	6%
#43	Wyoming:	5.9%
#44	Montana:	5.9%
#45	North Dakota:	5.8%
#46	Wisconsin:	5.6%
#47	Massachusetts:	5.6%
#48	Vermont:	5.3%
#49	Minnesota:	5%
#50	Utah:	5%
#51	Colorado:	4.3%
#52	Alaska:	4.1%
	Weighted average:	7.0%

DEFINITION: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes? Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

Health Statistics > Diabetes (most recent) by state

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