Florida is one of ten states where the burden of diabetes will be greatest in the next 15 years, a new study conducted by the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) revealed. The study entitled “United States’ Diabetes Crisis: Today and Future Trends”, is the first of its kind to provide detailed diabetes prevalence and cost forecasts individually for all 50 states.
Florida, which currently has 2.3 million people living with diabetes (diagnosed and undiagnosed) will see an increase of 85 percent by 2025 to 4.2 million, the study projects. And the resulting medical and societal cost of diabetes will be $40.4 billion, a 95 percent increase from 2010.
The research also includes specific data on minority populations and seniors, providing a focus on vulnerable communities often affected disproportionately by diabetes. For seniors, African Americans and Hispanic Americans, diabetes is a serious and rapidly growing problem.
It is estimated that in Florida, 27 percent of people 65 years and older have diabetes and an additional 50 percent have pre-diabetes. In 2010, there were 3.4 million people in the state who were 65 and older and 919,600 of them had diabetes, the study shows. Another 1.7 million seniors had pre-diabetes.
African American have about an 80 percent greater risk for developing the disease during their lifetime than non-Hispanic whites. In 2010, more than 433,700 African Americans living in Florida had diabetes and another 745,300 had pre-diabetes, data from the study shows.
Hispanic American adults are 90 percent more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes by a physician than non-Hispanic whites, the study revealed.
In the U.S., the IAF study estimates overall the number of people living with diabetes will increase 64 percent by 2025 from 32.2 million today to 53.1 million, or 1 in 7 Americans. The associated cost will be almost $514 billion–a 72 percent increase from 2010.
The other nine diabetes hot spots are:
- California : Projected cost of $63.63 billion, 6.6 million people with diabetes
- Texas : Projected cost of $52.17 billion, 5.5 million people with diabetes
- New York : Projected cost of $28.38 billion, 2.9 million people with diabetes
- Ohio : Projected cost of $19.76 billion, 2.1 million people with diabetes
- Illinois : Projected cost of $19.67 billion, 2 million people with diabetes
- Georgia : Projected cost of $19.54 billion, 2 million people with diabetes
- Pennsylvania : Projected cost of $18.37 billion, 1.9 million people with diabetes
- North Carolina : Projected cost of $17.91 billion, 1.9 million people with diabetes
- Michigan : Projected cost of $15.85 billion, 1.6 million people with diabetes
Study projections indicate that the ten diabetes “hot spots” will carry half the population burden of diabetes in the U.S., with more than 50 percent of Americans with diabetes living in these areas.
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