Minnesota Milestones 2010: Diabetes

Indicator 15: Diabetes

Goal: Minnesotans will be healthy.

Rationale: Diabetes can cause premature death from heart disease and other complications. It can also be disabling.

About this indicator: In 1995, 3.5 percent of survey respondents in Minnesota had diabetes. This grew to 6.4 percent by 2009. In the survey, respondents are asked if they have ever been told by a doctor that they have diabetes. Although year-to-year changes may not be statistically significant, the long-term trend has been upwards.

Confidence Interval (high) of Percent told by a doctor they have diabetes
Year	Data
Percent told by a doctor they have diabetes, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Edit trend \| Edit data Confidence Interval (low) of Percent told by a doctor they have diabetes, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Edit trend \| Edit data Confidence Interval (high) of Percent told by a doctor they have diabetes, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Edit trend \| Edit data
	% told by a doctor they have diabetes	Confidence Interval low	Confidence Interval high
1995	3.1%	2.5	3.7
1996	4.5%	3.8	5.2
1997	3.9%	3.3	4.5
1998	4.7%	4.0	5.4
1999	4.8%	4.2	5.4
2000	4.9%	4.0	5.8
2001	4.4%	3.7	5.1
2002	4.9%	4.2	5.6
2003	5.5%	4.8	6.2
2004	5%	4.3	5.7
2005	5.8%	4.9	6.7
2006	5.7%	5.0	6.4
2007	5.7%	4.9	6.5
2008	5.9%	5.2	6.6
2009	6.4%	5.7	7.1
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For comparison: The median rate among all states was 8.3 percent. No national average was provided. Minnesota had the lowest diabetes prevalence rate among states.

Sources:

U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

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Milestones is a product of the Minnesota State Demographic Center, a division of the Department of Administration