Diabetes (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount
# 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%
= 5	Tennessee:	8.4%
= 7	South Carolina:	8.2%
= 7	Louisiana:	8.2%
= 7	District of Columbia:	8.2%
# 10	Alabama:	8.1%
# 11	Oklahoma:	8%
= 12	Pennsylvania:	7.8%
= 12	Ohio:	7.8%
= 14	Indiana:	7.7%
= 14	Florida:	7.7%
= 16	Texas:	7.6%
= 16	Michigan:	7.6%
= 18	New York:	7.5%
= 18	Kentucky:	7.5%
# 20	Maine:	7.4%
# 21	Georgia:	7.3%
# 22	Missouri:	7.2%
= 23	Maryland:	7.1%
= 23	Rhode Island:	7.1%
= 25	Arkansas:	7%
= 25	Virginia:	7%
= 25	Delaware:	7%
= 25	California:	7%
# 29	New Jersey:	6.7%
# 30	Arizona:	6.6%
= 31	New Mexico:	6.5%
= 31	New Hampshire:	6.5%
= 31	Oregon:	6.5%
= 31	South Dakota:	6.5%
= 35	Iowa:	6.4%
= 35	Kansas:	6.4%
= 35	Nevada:	6.4%
# 38	Washington:	6.3%
# 39	Nebraska:	6.2%
# 40	Idaho:	6.1%
= 41	Illinois:	6%
= 41	Connecticut:	6%
= 43	Wyoming:	5.9%
= 43	Montana:	5.9%
# 45	North Dakota:	5.8%
= 46	Wisconsin:	5.6%
= 46	Massachusetts:	5.6%
# 48	Vermont:	5.3%
= 49	Minnesota:	5%
= 49	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.

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