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In 2017, there were approximately 231,984 adult Iowans with diabetes. Across the U.S., more than 30 million adults have diabetes, and one in four of them don't know they have it. $245 billion is the total costs for people diagnosed with diabetes. Annually, a person with diabetes acquires medical costs of about $13,700.
Diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult-onset blindness. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. |
https://tracking.idph.iowa.gov/Health/Diabetes/Diabetes-Data |