Diabetes

Know the Numbers:

• 269,000 adults in LA were diagnosed with diabetes in 2005
• By 2007, 10% of LA’s population had been diagnosed with diabetes
• 7 out of every 100 adults in LA have diabetes

• About 42 out of every 100,000 deaths in LA are due to diabetes
• Louisiana has the highest death rate from diabetes in the country

• Of all ethnicities, African Americans are more likely to have diabetes, with a 13.7% diagnosis rate