Diabetes among Indiana adults increasing at alarming rate
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
The number of Hoosiers diagnosed with diabetes is rising at an alarming rate, jumping from 3.8 percent of the state's population in 1993 to 9.8 percent today, says a new report from Ball State University.Burden of Diabetes Among Adults in Indiana, released by the university's Global Health Institute (GHI), found that another 5.6 percent of the adult population in Indiana report having prediabetes or borderline diabetes. The study also found the number of adults reporting having diabetes increases with age and obesity and decreases as adults' income and education levels rise.