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Texas Diabetes Prevalence Continues to Rise
Texas Diabetes Fact Sheet Update
L ach fall, the Texas Diabetes Program updates
diabetes prevalence and mortality statistics
based on responses to the Texas Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey for the
previous year and currently available vital statistics
data. Unless otherwise indicated, the figures
presented below are estimates based on 2007 BRFSS
survey response and include mortality data up
to 2005. Persons with diabetes include those who
report that they have been told by a doctor they
have diabetes. Women who report diabetes only in
pregnancy are not included in prevalence estimates.
Survey estimates of diabetes prevalence rose
from 8% in 2006 to 10.3% in 2007. The 2007 BRFSS
survey had a substantially larger sample size than
previous years; therefore, it could have provided
a more accurate estimate of prevalence, which is
steadily increasing in the state and nation. The
increase could also be the result of increased
screening and awareness of diabetes. In this case,
the actual number of persons with diabetes may not
have increased as much, but the number of people
who are aware that they have diabetes has.
2007 Diabetes Prevalence
Prevalence of Diagnosed' Diabetes
in Persons 18 and Older
An estimated 1.8 million persons aged eighteen
years and older in Texas (10.3% of this age group)
have been diagnosed with diabetes. Nationwide,
18.3 million persons eighteen years of age and older
have been diagnosed with diabetes (9.0% of this age
group).
Prevalence of Undiagnosed2 Diabetes
in Persons 18 and Older
Another estimated 460,040 persons aged
eighteen years and older in Texas are believed tohave undiagnosed diabetes (based on 1999-2000
NHANES age-adjusted prevalence estimate of 2.5%
of persons twenty years of age and older). The total
for both diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes is
2.2 million.
Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes
by Sex in Persons 18 and OlderMale
Female853,751 (9.9%)
942,698 (10.8%)Prevalence of Diagnosed' Diabetes by
Race/Ethnicity in Persons 18 and Older
White, non-Hispanic 751,235 (8.5%)
Black, non-Hispanic 244,590 (12.9%)
Hispanic 721,779 (12.3%)
Other 88,524 (11.8%)
Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes
by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group
in Persons 18 and Older
Age White, Black, Hispanic Other
Group non- non-
Hispanic Hispanic
18 - 44 3.0% 3.7% 6.8% 3.8%
45-64 10.9% 17.6% 20.2% 21.1%
65+ 17.5% 36.5% 34.4% 34.1%
Overall 8.5% 12.9% 12.3% 11.8%Prevalence of Diagnosed' Diabetes by
Age Group in Persons 18 and Older
18-29 Years
30-44 Years
45-64 Years
65+2.7%
5.5%
14.5%
23.2%Prevalence of Diagnosed' Diabetes by
Educational Level in Persons 18 and Older
No High School Diploma 15.8%
High School Graduate 11.3%
Some College 10.0%
College + 6.9%Continued on page 2
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Texas Diabetes
Fact Sheet Update
Texas Diabetes
Burden Report Now
Available NDEP Podcast
Series Addresses Cross-
Disciplinary Referral
Cost of Diabetes-Related
Services Under Medicaid
and CHIP
Jefferson County
Community Diabetes
Project Receives
Medicare Diabetes
Screening Project
Grant "Ask Medicare"
web site San Antonio
AADE Chapter Develops
Resource for Disaster
Response
Texas Diabetes
Council Offers Updated
Brochures and Diabetes
Health Record for Mass
Distribution New Online
Videos Teach Type 2
Diabetes Basics
Partners Needed for
Medicare Diabetes and
Kidney Health Project
Texas Diabetes, the newsletter of the Texas
Diabetes Council/Program, is published
by the Texas Department of State Health
Services in Austin. Publication No. 45-11004.
Please send news and information to:
Texas Diabetes
Texas Diabetes Council/Program MC 1965
Texas Department of State Health Services
PC Box 149347
Austin, TX 78714-9347
Phone: 1-888-963-7111 ext. 7490
Fax: 512-458-7408
Email: richard.kropp@dshs.state.tx.us
Internet: www.texasdiabetescounci.org
Texas Diabetes Staff:
Cassandra DeLeon, Director
Richard Kropp, Editor
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